A tale of two strains: a comparison of two populations of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a biological control agent of water hyacinth in South Africa.

• Abstract details

• Author(s)
• Coetzee, J.
• ; 
• Hill, M.
• ; 
• Paterson, I.
• ; 
• Downie, D.
• ; 
• Taylor, S.
• ; 
• Taylor, C.
• ; 
• Voogt, N.

• Author Affiliation
• Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

• Author Email
• julie.coetzee@ru.ac.za

• Conference paper
• Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011
• 2013 466

• Publisher information
• USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry Hilo USA

• Language of Text
• English

• Language of Summary

• Geographical Location
• Africa South of Sahara, South Africa

• Organism descriptor(s)
• Eccritotarsus catarinensis
• Eichhornia crassipes
• plants
• Pontederia cordata

• Descriptor(s)
• aquatic organisms
• aquatic plants
• aquatic weeds
• biological control
• biological control agents
• DNA sequencing
• genetic markers
• introduced species
• mitochondrial DNA
• natural enemies
• nucleotide sequences
• plant competition
• simple sequence repeats
• weed control
• weeds

• Identifier
• aquatic species
• biocontrol
• biocontrol agents
• biological control organisms
• DNA sequences
• exotic organisms
• exotic species
• introduced organisms
• non-indigenous organisms
• non-indigenous species
• non-native organisms
• non-native species
• nonindigenous organisms
• nonindigenous species
• nucleotide sequence analysis
• nucleotide sequencing
• subsaharan Africa
• water hyacinth

• Broad terms
• Eccritotarsus
• Miridae
• Heteroptera
• Hemiptera
• insects
• Hexapoda
• arthropods
• invertebrates
• animals
• eukaryotes
• Eichhornia
• Pontederiaceae
• Commelinales
• commelinids
• monocotyledons
• angiosperms
• Spermatophyta
• plants
• Pontederia
• Anglophone Africa
• Africa
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Developing Countries
• Southern Africa
• Africa South of Sahara
• Threshold Countries

• Record Number
• 20143314486