Quantitative post-release evaluation of biological control of floating fern,Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell (Salviniaceae), with Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on the Senegal River and Senegal River Delta

African Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Diop, O ^a   Hill, M P ^a  

^a Department of Zoology and Entomology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mauritania; Post release evaluation; Salvinia; Senegal

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; CYRTOBAGOUS SALVINIAE; FILICOPHYTA; SALVINIA; SALVINIA MOLESTA; SALVINIACEAE;

EID: 67649651915     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.017.0108     Document Type: Article

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