The Hakea fruit weevil, Erytenna consputa Pascoe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and the biological control of Hakea sericea Schrader in South Africa

Hakea sericea is a shrub, introduced into South Africa from southern Australia, that is now invading the indigenous "fynbos" vegetation in the Cape mountains. Presently an area of 480 000 hectares is affected. One of the main factors contributing to the success of H. sericea as a weed is i...

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Main Author: Kluge, Robert Louis
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 1984
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004911