Host impact and specificity of tortoise beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) on Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) in Iran

Weed Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-411

  Asadi, Ghorbanali ^a   Ghorbani, Reza ^a   Karimi, Javad ^a   Bagheri, Alireza ^a   Mueller Schaerer, Heinz ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological weed control; Herbivorous insects; Host range test; Integrated weed management; Iran; Weed management; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOMASS; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

IRAN;

ASTERACEAE; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CASSIDA RUBIGINOSA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEXAPODA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84879301014     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-D-12-00085.1     Document Type: Article

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