Prediction of safety and effectiveness of a candidate biocontrol agent : quarantine evaluation of the root-feeding, Mexican flea beetle, Longitarsus bethae, for potential release against the noxious weed, Lantana camara, in Africa

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-173). === A root-feeding, Mexican flea beetle, Longitarsus bethae Savini & Escalona 2005 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), was evaluated in quarantine as a candidate biological control agent for the noxious weed, Lantana camara L. (Verbenacea...

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Main Author: Simelane, David Okhi
Other Authors: Hoffmann, John
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6190