Molecular identification of the economically important invasive citrus root weevil diaprepes abbreviatus (coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Ascunce, Marina S ^a   Nigg, Herbert N ^b   Clark, Annmarie ^c  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEST SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS;

EID: 67649148043     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0130     Document Type: Article

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