BooksPublications on Gratiana boliviana

  1. Diaz R, Overholt W. A, Samayoa A, Sosa F, Cordeau D, Medal J. Temperature-dependent development, cold tolerance, and potential distribution of Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of tropical soda apple, Solanum viarum (Solanaceae). Biocontrol Science and Technology (In press).

  2. Gandolfo D., McKay, F., J. C. Medal and J. P. Cuda. 2007. Open-field host specificity test of Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of Tropical Soda Apple (Solanaceae) in the United States. Florida Entomologist 90: 223-228.
  3. Medal J.C., Sudbrink D., Gandolfo D., Ohashi D. and J. P. Cuda. 2002. Gratiana boliviana, a potential biocontrol agent of Solanum viarum: Quarantine host-specificity testing in Florida and field surveys in South America. BioControl 47: 445-461.
  4. Medal J.C., Gandolfo D. and J. P. Cuda. 2003. Biology of Gratiana boliviana, the First Biocontrol Agent Released to Control Tropical Soda Apple in the USA. EDIS publication. University of Florida.
  5. Medal et al. 2006. Classical Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple in the USA. EDIS publication. University of Florida.
  6. Olckers, T., J. C. Medal and D. E. Gandolfo. 2002. Insect herbivores associated with species of Solanum (Solanaceae) in Northeastern Argentina and Southeastern Paraguay, with reference to biological control of weeds in South Africa and the United States of America. Florida Entomologist 85: 254-260.

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