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Biological control of purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria by two chrysomelid beetles Galerucella pusilla and G. calmariensis

Creator:

Schooler, Shon

Abstract:

In the first part of this study we monitored the development of biological control of purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria over a six-year period at Morgan Lake in western Oregon. In 1992, two beetles, Galerucella pusilla and G. calmariensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), were released to control the wetland weed at this test...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Biological control of purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria