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The effect of temperature on the development and survival of Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent for alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)

C. A. Stewart Department of Entomology and Animal Ecology, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P. O. Box 2095, Auckland, 1015
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R. B. Chapman Department of Entomology and Animal Ecology, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand
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R. M. Emberson Department of Entomology and Animal Ecology, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand
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P. Syrett Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand
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C. M. A. Frampton Centre for Computing and Biometrics, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand
Pages 11-20 | Received 10 Mar 1998, Accepted 03 Aug 1998, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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Jian-Ying Guo, Jian-Wei Fu, Meng-Zhu Shi, Jian-Yu Li & Fang-Hao Wan. (2014) Sex ratio effects on copulation, fecundity and progeny fitness for Agasicles hygrophila, a biological control agent of alligator weed. Biocontrol Science and Technology 24:11, pages 1321-1332.
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C. A. Stewart, R. B. Chapman, A. M. Barrington & C. M. A. Frampton. (1999) Influence of temperature on adult longevity, oviposition and fertility of Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 26:3, pages 191-197.
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Pamela Krug & Alejandro J. Sosa. (2019) Mother knows best: plant polyploidy affects feeding and oviposition preference of the alligator weed biological control agent, Agasicles hygrophila. BioControl 64:6, pages 623-632.
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Jian-Ying Guo, Jian-Wei Fu, Xiao-Qing Xian, Ming-Yong Ma & Fang-Hao Wan. (2011) Performance of Agasicles hygrophila (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of invasive alligator weed, at low non-freezing temperatures. Biological Invasions 14:8, pages 1597-1608.
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