The benefits of pre-release population genetics: A case study using Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis, a candidate agent of garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata

Biological Control

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Rauth, Steven J ^a   Hinz, Hariet L ^b   Gerber, Esther ^b   Hufbauer, Ruth A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae); Biological control; Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis (Coleoptera, Curculionidae); Exotic; Garlic mustard; Invasion; Invasive; MtDNA; Natural enemy; Population structure; Weed; Weevil

Indexed keywords

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CEUTORHYNCHUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 78649326871     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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