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Manrique, V., Lake, E. C., Smith, M. C., Diaz, R., Franko, C., Pratt, P. D., Rayamajhi, M. B., and Overholt, W. A. 2017. Comparative evaluation of development and reproductive capacity of two biotypes of Lilioceris cheni (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), biological control agents of air potato (Dioscorea Bulbifera) in Florida. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 110: 310-316. https://watermark.silverchair.com/saw100.pdf.

Rao, K., Manrique, V., and Overholt, W. A. 2016. The effect of food source on survival and development of Lilioceris cheni (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of air potato (Dioscoreales: Dioscoreaceae). Fla. Entomol. 99: 154-155. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1653/024.099.0135.

Lake, E., Smith, M., Dray, F., and Pratt, P. 2015. Ecological host-range of Lilioceris cheni (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of Dioscorea bulbifera. Biol. Control 85: 18-24. http://bcrcl.ifas.ufl.edu/airpotatofiles/PDF/Lilioceris%20cheni%20range.pdf.

Rayamajhi, M., Rohrig, E., Center, T., Lake, E., Smith, M., Manrique, V., Diaz, R., Hight, S., Dray, A., Hibbard, K., and Overholt, W. 2014. Biological control for air potato has arrived! Wildland Weeds (2014): 14-15. http://www.se-eppc.org/wildlandweeds/pdf/Sp2014-Rayamajhi-pp14.pdf.

Croxton, M., Andreu, M., Williams, D., Overholt, W., and Smith, J. 2011. Geographic origins and genetic diversity of air-potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida. Invasive Plant Science and Management 4: 22-30. http://sfrc.ufl.edu/forestpathology/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Croxton-et-al-2011.pdf.

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