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peer-reviewed research article

Two insects offer potential biological control of common purslane

authors

Stephen L. Clement, University of California
Robert F. Norris, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 36(2):16-18. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v036n02p16. March-April 1982.

author affiliations

Stephen L. Clement is Research Entomologist, Biological Control of Weeds Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, and Associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley; Robert F. Norris is Associate Professor of Botany and Botanist in the Experiment Station, University of California, Davis (UCD).

abstract

They stress the weeds, reducing their vigor and seed production.

author notes

The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical assistance of Debra Ayres, Renzo Lardelli, and Dave Smart (UCD), and Noah Poritz (USDA). Dr. D. R. Whitehead, USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, D.C., kindly identified H. bertrandi.


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