Wednesday, December 12, 2007
D0534

Biological control of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in the Utica Marsh: Herbivory effects of Galerucella calmariensis and select native insects

Laura Anne Weiser Erlandson, weiserl@sunyit.edu and Linell L. Machold, sllm@sunyit.edu. SUNY Institute of Technology, PO BOX 3050, Utica, NY



Species 1: Myrtales Lythraceae Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Species 2: Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Galerucella calmariensis