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Two Species of Musk Thistle (Carduus spp.) as Hosts of Rhinocyllus conicus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Norman E. Rees
Norman E. Rees*
Affiliation:
Rangeland Insect Lab., U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Bozeman, MT 59717
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Abstract

Plant growth, stem numbers per plant, receptacle diameters, number of Rhinocyllus conicus Froelich (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) larval cells per seed head, and mortality of the weevil within cells were monitored in infestations of the thistles Carduus thoermeri Weinmann and C. macrocephalus Deft. Both species of thistle provided similar seed head area for weevil development, and no differential effects on the biology of R. conicus were detected.

Keywords

Biological weed controlCarduus macrocephalusC. nutansC. thoermeriCRUNU
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , March 1986 , pp. 241 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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