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The Introduction of Physonota alutacea Boheman (Col., Cassid.) into Mauritius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. R. Williams
J. R. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Mauritius
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A campaign to control the weed, Cordia macrostachya (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. (Boraginaceae) by biological means is in progress in Mauritius (Williams, 1948). This hardy perennial shrub was accidentally introduced from Central America in the last decade of the nineteenth century. It is today a serious pest of nearly all land of agricultural value which is not intensively cultivated (Wiehe, 1946).

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , February 1950 , pp. 479 - 480
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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