Impact of two shoot-galling biological control candidates on Russian knapweed, Acroptilon repens

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Djamankulova, Gulbakhar ^a   Khamraev, Aloviddin ^a   Schaffner, Urs ^b  

^a Institute of Zoology Tashkent Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences   (Uzbekistan)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acroptilon repens; Aulacidea acroptilonica; Biological control; Biomass; Field experiment; Impact; Jaapiella ivannikovi; Seed output

Indexed keywords

ACROPTILON; ACROPTILON REPENS; AULACIDEA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CYNIPIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 45849100147     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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