University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska 2006 Prospects for biological control of teasels, Dipsacus spp., a new target in the United States Brian G. Rector USDA-ARS Vili Harizanova Agriculture University René Sforza USDA-ARS Tim Widmer USDA-ARS,
[email protected] Robert N. Wiedenmann University of Arkansas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdaarsfacpub Part of the Agricultural Science Commons Rector, Brian G.; Harizanova, Vili; Sforza, René; Widmer, Tim; and Wiedenmann, Robert N., "Prospects for biological control of teasels, Dipsacus spp., a new target in the United States" (2006). Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty. 373. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdaarsfacpub/373 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Biological Control 36 (2006) 1–14 www.elsevier.com/locate/ybcon Prospects for biological control of teasels, Dipsacus spp., a new target in the United States Brian G. Rector a,¤, Vili Harizanova b, René Sforza a, Tim Widmer a, Robert N. Wiedenmann c a USDA-ARS, European Biological Control Laboratory, Montpellier, France b Department of Entomology, Agriculture University, 12 Mendeleev Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria c Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA Received 1 January 2005; accepted 16 September 2005 Available online 7 November 2005 Abstract Two closely related teasels (Dipsacales: Dipsacaceae, Dipsacus spp.) of European origin have become invasive weeds in the United States.