Economic implications for the biological control of arundo donax: Rio Grande Basin

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-394

  Seawright, Emily K ^a   Rister, M Edward ^a   Lacewell, Ronald D ^a   McCorkle, Dean A ^a   Sturdivant, Allen W ^b   Yang, Chenghai ^c   Goolsby, John A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARUNDO DONAX; HEXAPODA;

EID: 73349087822     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3958/059.034.0403     Document Type: Article

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