Host specificity of Euops chinesis, a potential biological control agent of Fallopia japonica, an invasive plant in Europe and North America

BioControl

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-559

  Wang, Yangzhou ^a,b,c   Wu, Kai ^a,c   Ding, Jianqing ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Euops chinesis; Fallopia japonica; Host specificity; Japanese knotweed; Leaf rolling weevil; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FIELDWORK; FUNGUS; HERB; HOST SPECIFICITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; WEED CONTROL;

CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ATTELABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERSICARIA PERFOLIATA; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA; RUMEX AQUATICUS; RUMEX JAPONICUS;

EID: 77953873198     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-010-9279-9     Document Type: Article

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