A threat of exacerbating the spread of pitch canker precludes further consideration of a cone weevil, Pissodes validirostris, for biological control of invasive pines in South Africa

Biological Control

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-184

  Lennox, Cheryl L ^a   Hoffmann, John H ^b   Coutinho, Teresa A ^c   Roques, Alain ^d  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cone weevils; Fusarium circinatum; Host specific biotypes; Ingress of pathogens; Invasive Pinus species; Pissodes validirostris; Pitch canker; Transmission of pathogens

Indexed keywords

CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA; HEXAPODA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINASTER; PISSODES VALIDIROSTRIS;

EID: 67349142347     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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