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THE STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEED HYPERICUM PERFORATUM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. Harris ,
D. Peschken  and
J. Milroy
P. Harris
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
D. Peschken
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
J. Milroy
Affiliation:
British Columbia Forest Service, Nelson
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Abstract

Biological control attempts against the weed Hypericum perforatum L. in the interior of British Columbia are summarized. Three of the insects introduced, Zeuxidiplosis giardi Kieff., Agrilus hyperici (Cr.), and Chrysolina varians (Schall.), did not survive, and reasons for their failure are discussed. Two beetles, C. hyperici (Forst.) and C. quadrigemina (Suff.), are established and their population build-up in several areas is followed over a period of 15 years. The beetles reach their optimum effectiveness in different moisture zones but neither species is effective at the arid end of the H. perforatum range. A moth, Anaitis plagiata L., was released in this zone in 1967.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 1 - 15
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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