Monitored releases of Rhinoncomimus latipes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent of mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata), 2004-2008

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-457

  Hough Goldstein, Judith ^a   Mayer, Mark A ^b   Hudson, Wayne ^b   Robbins, George ^b   Morrison, Patricia ^c   Reardon, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NJ Dept Agric   (United States)

^c Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent establishment; Mile a minute weed; Monitoring; Persicaria perfoliata; Polygonum perfoliatum; Rhinoncomimus latipes; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; PERSICARIA PERFOLIATA; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PERFOLIATUM; RHINONCOMIMUS LATIPES;

EID: 70350036068     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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