ESTABLISHMENT AND REDISTRIBUTION OF SPHENOPTERA-JUGOSLAVICA OBENBERGER (COLEOPTERA, BUPRESTIDAE) FOR BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL OF DIFFUSE KNAPWEED(CENTAUREA-DIFFUSA LAMARCK) IN THE MIDWESTERN AND WESTERN UNITED-STATES

Authors
LANG RF PIPER GL COOMBS EM
Citation
Rf. Lang et al., ESTABLISHMENT AND REDISTRIBUTION OF SPHENOPTERA-JUGOSLAVICA OBENBERGER (COLEOPTERA, BUPRESTIDAE) FOR BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL OF DIFFUSE KNAPWEED(CENTAUREA-DIFFUSA LAMARCK) IN THE MIDWESTERN AND WESTERN UNITED-STATES, The Pan-Pacific entomologist, 74(1), 1998, pp. 27-31
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Pan-Pacific entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00310603
Volume
74
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
27 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0603(1998)74:1<27:EAROSO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenbeger (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is a root boring beetle imported to the United States as a biological control ag ent against Centaurea diffusa Lamarck (Asterales: Asteraceae). United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection S ervice, Plant Protection and Quarantine personnel and research collabo rators conducted an intensive collection and redistribution program, r eleasing this biological control agent in 11 states and 61 counties fr om 1980 to 1996. Establishment and recovery has been confirmed in 8 st ates and 48 counties.