Biological control of purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria L. (Lythraceae) with Galerucella spp. (Coleoptera: chrysomelidae), dispersal, population change, overwintering ability and predation of the beetles, and impact on the plant in southern Manitoba wetland release sites
A classical biological control program using two leaf-feeding chrysomelid beetles, one root-feeding weevil and two flower-weevils has been implemented in North America to limit further spread of Lythrum salicaria L. The first of four sections in this paper style thesis pertains to the dispersal and...
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Language: | en en_US |
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2007
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2089 |