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Present Status of Projects on the Biological Control of Weeds by Insects and Plant Pathogens in the United States and Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. D. Goeden ,
L. A. Andres ,
T. E. Freeman ,
P. Harris ,
R. L. Pienkowski  and
C. R. Walker
R. D. Goeden
Affiliation:
Div. of Biol. Contr., Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92502
L. A. Andres
Affiliation:
Biol. Contr. of Weeds Lab., ARS U.S. Dep. of Agr., Albany, CA 94706
T. E. Freeman
Affiliation:
Dep. of Plant Path., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
P. Harris
Affiliation:
Regina Res. Sta., Canada Dept. Agr., Regina, Saskatchewan, S4O 3A2
R. L. Pienkowski
Affiliation:
Dep. of Entomology, Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA 24061
C. R. Walker
Affiliation:
Branch of Pest Contr. Res., Fish & Wildlife Serv., BSD&W–USDI, Washington, DC 20005
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Abstract

Weed species or genera previously and currently targeted for biological control with phytophagous insects or phytopathogens in the United States (including Hawaii) and Canada are listed. The current status of and natural enemies involved in national, federal, state, and university biological control projects are reported.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , September 1974 , pp. 490 - 495
Copyright
Copyright © 1974 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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