Assessing Eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) as a potential carrier for Verticillium nonalfalfae (Phyllachorales) from infected Ailanthus altissima

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1005-1019

  Snyder, A L ^a   Salom, S M ^a   Kok, L T ^a   Griffin, G J ^a   Davis, D D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; insect carrier; invasive species; tree of heaven; Verticillium wilt

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; FECES; FUNGAL DISEASE; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; QUARANTINE; SEEDLING; WILT;

EID: 84867872256     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2012.707639     Document Type: Article

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