Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Your attention is drawn to this species' potential as a weed.
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The potential for new crops to become unwanted 'weeds' - how do we assess the risk? By Steve M. Csurhes

Asclepias syriaca

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): milkweed syn silkweed
Crop Use(s): vegetable=sugar/sweetener
Reference Source(s): Sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 158

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Colbach, N., F. Dessaint, et al. (2000). Evaluating field-scale sampling methods for the estimation of mean plant densities of weeds. Weed Research. [print] October 40(5): 411-430. {a} Unite de Malherbologie et Agronomie, INRA, 17 Rue Sully, BV 1540, 21034, Dijon Cedex, France

Colbach, N., F. Forcella, et al. (2000). Spatial and temporal stability of weed populations over five years. Weed Science. [print] May June 48(3): 366-377. {a} Unite de Malherbologie et Agronomie, INRA, 17 Rue Sully, BV 1540, 21034, Dijon Cedex, France

Hartzler, R. G. and D. D. Buhler (2000). Occurrence of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in cropland and adjacent areas. Crop Protection. [print] June 19(5): 363-366. {a} Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 2104 Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA

Hochwender, C. G., R. J. Marquis, et al. (2000). The potential for and constraints on the evolution of compensatory ability in Asclepias syriaca. Oecologia Berlin. Feb. 122(3): 361-370. {a} Department of Biology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604-0568, USA

Morse, D. H. (2000). The role of experience in determining patch-use by adult crab spiders. Behaviour . March 137(3): 265-278. {a} Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA

Craine, J. M., D. M. Berin, et al. (1999). Measurement of leaf longevity of 14 species of grasses and forbs using a novel approach. New Phytologist. June 142(3): 475-481. {a} Deparment of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

Kazinczi, G., J. Horvath, et al. (1999). Natural occurrence of tobacco mosaic tobamovirus (TMV) on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.) in Hungary. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 34(3): 169-176. {a} Institute for Plant Protection, Pannon University of Agricultural Sciences, H-8361, Keszthely, Hungary

Matter, S. F., J. B. Landry, et al. (1999). Importance of floral phenology and florivory for Tetraopes tetraophthalmus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): Tests at the population and individual level. Environmental Entomology. Dec. 28(6): 1044-1051. {a} Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland

Mauer, D. J. and W. A. Rowley (1999). Attraction of Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) to flower volatiles. Journal of Medical Entomology. July 36(4): 503-507. {a} Forest Glen Section, Defense Pest Management Information Analysis Center, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20307-5001, USA

Pline, W. A., J. Wu, et al. (1999). Absorption, translocation, and metabolism of glufosinate in five weed species as influenced by ammonium sulfate and pelargonic acid. Weed Science. Nov. Dec. 47(6): 636-643. {a} Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 413 Price Hall, Blacksburg, VA, 24061-0331, USA

Vangessel, M. J. (1999). Control of perennial weed species as seedlings with soil-applied herbicides. Weed Technology. April June 13(2): 425-428. {a} Research and Education Center, University of Delaware, Georgetown, DE, 19947, USA

Zalucki, M. P. and S. B. Malcolm (1999). Plant latex and first-instar monarch larval growth and survival on three North American milkweed species. Journal of Chemical Ecology. Aug. 25(8): 1827-1842. {a} Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, USA

Haribal, M. and J. A. A. Renwick (1998). Identification and distribution of oviposition stimulants for monarch butterflies in hosts and nonhosts. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24(5): 891-904. {a} Boyce Thompson Inst., Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Leighton, A. (1998). Milkweed: The monarch's prairie host. Blue Jay 56(1): 46-54. {a} 328 Saskatchewan Crescent West, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0A4, Canada

Plowright, C. M. S. and R. C. Plowright (1998). Floral use by two sympatric bumble bee species (Bombus terricola and Bombus ternarius): Efficiency considerations. Canadian Entomologist 130(5): 595-601. {a} School Psychology, University Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

Bhowmik, P. C. (1997). Weed biology: Importance to weed management. Weed Science 45(3): 349-356. Dep. Plant Soil Sci., Univ. Mass., Amherst, MA 01003, USA

Cahoon, E. B., S. J. Coughlan, et al. (1997). Characterization of a structurally and functionally diverged acyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase from milkweed seed. Plant Molecular Biology 33(6): 1105-1110. {a} Biol. Dep., Brookhaven Natl. Lab., Upton, NY 11973, USA

Efimova, V. A., A. L. Komzha, et al. (1997). New records of the adventive plants in the Central Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal St Petersburg 82(3): 149-153. {a} North Ossetian Univ., Vladikavkaz, Russia

Hughes, L. and F. A. Bazzaz (1997). Effect of elevated CO-2 on interactions between the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Oecologia Berlin 109(2): 286-290. {a} Biol. Lab., Harvard Univ., 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Klinkhamer, P. G. L., J. T. J. De, et al. (1997). Sex and size in cosexual plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12(7): 260-265. Inst. Evol. Ecol. Sci., Univ. Leiden, PO Box 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

Matter, S. F. (1997). Population density and area: The role of between- and within-patch processes. Oecologia Berlin 110(4): 533-538. Univ. Virginia, Dep. Environ. Sci., Clark Hall, Charlottesvile, VA 22902, USA

Morgan, M. T. and D. J. Schoen (1997). Selection on reproductive characters: Floral morphology in Asclepias syriaca. Heredity 79(4): 433-441. {a} Dep. Botany Dep. Genetics Cell Biol., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-4238, USA

Rothschild, M. and G. Bergstrom (1997). The monarch butterfly caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) waves at passing Hymenoptera and jet aircraft-are repellent volatiles released simultaneously? Phytochemistry Oxford 45(6): 1139-1144. {a} Ashton Wold, Peterborough PE8 5LZ, UK

Yenish, J. P., B. R. Durgan, et al. (1997). Wheat (Triticum aestivum) yield reduction from common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) competition. Weed Science 45(1): 127-131. {a} Dep. Crop Soil Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164, USA

Yenish, J. P., T. A. Fry, et al. (1997). Establishment of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in corn, soybean, and wheat. Weed Science 45(1): 44-53. {a} Dep. Crop Soil Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164, USA

Broyles, S. B., C. Vail, et al. (1996). Pollination genetics of hybridization in sympatric populations of Asclepias exaltata and A. syriaca (Asclepiadaceae). American Journal of Botany 83(12): 1580-1584. {a} Dep Biol. Sci., P.O. Box 2000, State Univ. N.Y. Coll. Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA

Malcolm, S. B. and M. P. Zalucki (1996). Milkweed latex and cardenolide induction may resolve the lethal plant defence paradox. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80(1): 193-196. {a} Dep. Biol. Sci., Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA

Morse, D. H. and E. G. Stephens (1996). The consequences of adult foraging success on the components of lifetime fitness in a semelparous, sit and wait predator. Evolutionary Ecology 10(4): 361-373. Dep. Ecol. Evolutionary Biol., Box G-W., Brown Univ., Providence, RI 02912, USA

Poluyanov, A. V. (1996). On some new and rare plants of the flora of the Kursk region. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 101(3): 90-93. Mosc. State Pedagog. Univ., Moscow, Russia

Smital, A., L. Markovic, et al. (1996). The spread of the species Artemisia verlotiorum Lamote in Croatia. Acta Botanica Croatica 56: 53-63. {a} Botanicki zavod Prirodoslovno-matematickog fakulteta, Sveucilista u Zagrebu, Marulicev trg 20/II, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia

Wyatt, R. (1996). More on the southward spread of common milkweed Asclepias syriaca L. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 123(1): 68-69. Inst. Ecol., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

Brower, L. P. (1995). Understanding and misunderstanding the migration of the monarch butterfly (Nymphalidae) in North America: 1857-1995. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(4): 304-385. Dep. Zool., Univ. Fla., Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

Budincevic, M., Z. Vrbaski, et al. (1995). Antioxidative activity of extracts of plants on feed fats. Fett Wissenschaft Technologie 97(12): 461-466. Univ. Novi Sad, Fac. Sci., Inst. Chem., Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Budincevic, M., Z. Vrbaski, et al. (1995). Oxidative stability of feed fats. Fett Wissenschaft Technologie 97(9): 355-358. {a} Univ. Novi Sad, Fac. Sci., Inst. Chem., Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Cocking, D., M. Rohrer, et al. (1995). Effects of root morphology and HG concentration in the soil on uptake by terrestrial vascular plants. Water Air and Soil Pollution 80(1-4): 1113-1116. Dep. Biol., James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA

Flynn, P. and A. K. Vidaver (1995). Xanthomonas campestris pv. asclepiadis, pv. nov., causative agent of bacterial blight of milkweed (Asclepias spp.). Plant Disease 79(11): 1176-1180. {a} Dep. Plant Pathol., Univ. Nebr., Lincoln 68583-0722, NE, USA

Gold, J. J. and J. S. Shore (1995). Multiple paternity in Asclepias syriaca using a paired-fruit analysis. Canadian Journal of Botany 73(8): 1212-1216. {a} Dep. Biol., York University, North York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

Griffiths, H. M., D. E. Gundersen, et al. (1995). Mycoplasmalike organisms from milkweed, goldenrod, and spirea represent two new 16S rRNA subgroups and three new strain subclusters related to peach X-disease MLOs. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 16(4): 255-260. {a} Dep. Plant Pathol., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853-5908, USA

Johnson, S. R. and A. K. Knapp (1995). The influence of fire on Spartina pectinata wetland communities in a northeastern Kansas tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Botany 73(1): 84-90. Div. Biol., Ackert Hall, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506, USA

Prince, R. D. and D. L. Benoit (1995). Interpopulation variation of pappus length and follicle characteristics of common milkweed. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 75(3): 727-730. {a} Stn. Rech., Agric. Agro-alimentaire Canada, 430 Blvd. Gouin, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, PQ J3B 3E6, Canada

Broyles, S. B., A. Schnabel, et al. (1994). Evidence for long-distance pollen dispersal in milkweeds (Asclepias exaltata). Evolution 48(4): 1032-1040. {a} Dep. Biol. Sci., SUNY Coll. Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA

Griffiths, H. M., W. A. Sinclair, et al. (1994). Characterization of mycoplasmalike organisms from Fraxinus, Syringa, and associated plants from geographically diverse sites. Phytopathology 84(2): 119-126. {a} Dep. Plant Pathology, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853-5908, USA

Johnson, S. R. (1994). Wind Induced Leaf Binding By Prairie Cordgrass Onto Common Milkweed In Northeastern Kansas. Prairie Naturalist 26(4): 301-305. Div. Biol., Ackert Hall Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506, USA

Morse, D. H. (1994). The role of self-pollen in the female reproductive success of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca: Asclepiadaceae). American Journal of Botany 81(3): 322-330. Dep. Ecol. Evolutionary Biol., Box G-W, Brown Univ., Providence, RI 02912, USA

Appenroth, K. J. and R. Bergfeld (1993). Photophysiology of turion germination in Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden: XI. Structural changes during red light induced responses. Journal of Plant Physiology 141(5): 583-588. {a} Univ. Jena, Inst. General Botany, Von-Hase-Weg 3, O-6900 Jena, Germany

Baier, W. R. and G. Heinrich (1993). Gas-liquid chromatographic analyses of the water-soluble compound of plant latices. Phyton Horn 33(1): 77-85. {a} Inst. Pflanzenphysiologie der Univ. Graz, Schubertstrasse 51, A-8010 Graz, Austria

Bowdish, T. I. and T. L. Bultman (1993). Visual cues used by mantids in learning aversion to aposematically colored prey. American Midland Naturalist 129(2): 215-222. {a} Dep. Biol., Univ. South Fla., Tampa, FL 33620, USA

Huang, B. Q., G. W. Strout, et al. (1993). Fertilization in Nicotiana tabacum: Ultrastructural organization of propane-jet-frozen embryo sacs in vivo. Planta Heidelberg 191(2): 256-264. {a} Dep. Botany Microbiol., Univ. Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-0245, USA

Lemon, R. E., C. W. Dobson, et al. (1993). Songs of American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla): Sequencing rules and their relationships to repertoire size. Ethology 93(3): 198-210. {a} Dep. Biol., McGill Univ., 1205 Ave. Dr. Penfield, Montreal PQ H3A 1B1, Canada

Morse, D. H. (1993). The twinning of follicles by common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). American Midland Naturalist 130(1): 56-61. Graduate Program Ecol. Evol. Biol., Div. Biol. Med., Box G-W, Brown Univ., Providence, RI 02912, USA

Rotenberg, P., S. Kelemen, et al. (1993). Investigation of the effect of some phenolic fraction on HeLa cell cultures development. Revue Roumaine de Biologie Serie de Biologie Animale 38(1): 63-69. {a} Biol. Res. Inst., Iasi, Bd. Copou 20 A, Romania

Shore, J. S. (1993). Pollination genetics of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. Heredity 70(1): 101-108. Dep. Biol., York Univ., 4700 Keele St., North York, ON, Canada

Stalter, R., P. Lynch, et al. (1993). Vascular flora of Saratoga National Historical Park, New York. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120(2): 166-176. {a} Dep. Biological Sci., St. John's Univ., Jamaica, NY 11439, USA

Wyatt, R., A. Stoneburner, et al. (1993). Range extension southward in common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120(2): 177-179. {a} Dep. Botany, Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

Baier, W. R., W. Kosmus, et al. (1992). Sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium in plant latices. Phyton Horn 31(2): 227-232. {a} Inst. Pflanzenphysiologie der Univ. Graz, Schuberstrasse 51, A-8010 Graz, Austria

Bolsinger, M., M. E. Lier, et al. (1992). Influence of ozone air pollution on plant herbivore interactions: Part 2: Effects of ozone on feeding preference, growth and consumption rates of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Environmental Pollution 77(1): 31-37.

Harder, L. D. and S. C. H. Barrett (1992). The energy cost of bee pollination for Pontederia cordata (Pontederiaceae). Functional Ecology 6(2): 226-233.

Tepper, H. B. and R. O. Knapp (1992). Adventitious shoot initiation on excised cultured cotyledons of Asclepias syriaca L. Phytomorphology 42(1-2): 117-123. State Univ. N.Y., Coll. Environ. Sci. and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA

Witt, M. D. and L. A. Nelson (1992). Milkweed as a new cultivated row crop. Journal Of Production Agriculture 5(1): 167-171.

Wyatt, R. and S. B. Broyles (1992). Hybridization in North American Asclepias: III. Isozyme evidence. Systematic Botany 17(4): 640-648. Dep. Botany, University Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Wyatt, R., S. B. Broyles, et al. (1992). Environmental influences on nectar production in milkweeds (Asclepias syriaca and Asclepias exaltata). American Journal Of Botany 79(6): 636-642.

Cabin, R. J., J. Ramstetter, et al. (1991). Reproductive limitations of a locally rare Asclepias. Rhodora 93(873): 1-10.

Dingle, H. (1991). Factors influencing spatial and temporal variation in abundance of the large milkweed bug (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Annals Of The Entomological Society Of America 84(1): 47-51.

Jennersten, O. and D. H. Morse (1991). The quality of pollination by diurnal and nocturnal insects visiting common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. American Midland Naturalist 125(1): 18-28.

Jennersten, O., D. H. Morse, et al. (1991). Movements of male and worker bumblebees on and between flowers. Oikos 62(3): 319-324.

Kahn, A. P. and D. H. Morse (1991). Pollinium germination and putative ovule penetration in self- and cross -pollinated common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. American Midland Naturalist 126(1): 61-67.

Loux, M. M. and M. A. Berry (1991). Use of a grower survey for estimating weed problems. Weed Technology 5(2): 460-466.

Pleasants, J. M. (1991). Evidence for short-distance dispersal of pollinia in Asclepias syriaca L. Functional Ecology 5(1): 75-82.

Valachovic, M. (1991). Reproductive biology of Asclepias syriaca populations in Zahorska Nizina Lowland (Czechoslovakia): II. Notes on viability seeds germination and seedling development. Biologia 46(5): 399-404.

Wyatt, R. and D. M. Hunt (1991). Hybridization in North American Asclepias: II. Flavonoid evidence. Systematic Botany 16(1): 132-142.

Eisikowitch, D., P. G. Kevan, et al. (1990). The nectar-inhabiting yeasts and their effect on pollen germination in common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. Israel Journal Of Botany Basic And Applied Plant Sciences 39(1-2): 217-225.

Greene, D. F. and E. A. Johnson (1990). The aerodynamics of plumed seeds. Functional Ecology 4(1): 117-126.

Kaul, R. B., S. B. Rolfsmeier, et al. (1990). The distribution and reproduction phenology of the milkweeds (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias and Cynanchum) in Nebraska. Transactions Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences 18: 127-140.

Leonova, T. G. (1990). Overview of the family Asclepiadaceae from the Caucasus (USSR). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 75(6): 869-874.

Morse, D. H. (1990). Leaf choices of nest-building crab spiders (Misumena vatia). Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology 27(4): 265-268.

Alvarado, L. J., D. B. Hogg, et al. (1989). Effects of corn and selected weed species on feeding behavior of the stalk borer, Papaipema nebris (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 22(2): 65-70.

Kareiva, P., D. H. Morse, et al. (1989). Stochastic prey arrivals and crab spider giving-up times: Simulations of spider performance using two simple "rules of thumb". Oecologia 78(4): 542-549.

Kevan, P. G., D. Eisikowitch, et al. (1989). The role of nectar in the germination of pollen in Asclepias syriaca L. Botanical Gazette 150(3): 266-270.

Malcolm, S. B., B. J. Cockrell, et al. (1989). Cardenolide fingerprint of monarch butterflies reared on common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. Journal Of Chemical Ecology 15(3): 819-854.

Morse, D. H. and R. S. Fritz (1989). Milkweed pollinia and predation risk to flower-visiting insects by the crab spider Misumena vatia. American Midland Naturalist 121(1): 188-193.

Rist, D. L. and J. W. Lorbeer (1989). Occurrence and overwintering of cucumber mosaic virus and broad bean wilt virus in weeds growing near commercial lettuce fields in New York (USA). Phytopathology 79(1): 65-69.

Salamon, P., J. Horvath, et al. (1989). Asclepias syriaca L. (common milkweed), a new natural host of cucumber mosaic virus in Hungary and Yugoslavia. Acta Phytopathologica Et Entomologica Hungarica 24(3-4): 363-374.

Salontai, A., A. Lujerdean, et al. (1989). Biochemical research on Asclepias syriaca. Buletinul Institutului Agronomic Cluj Napoca Seria Agricultura 41: 51-54.

Valachovic, M. (1989). Reproductive biology of Asclepias syriaca populations in Zahorska Nizina (Czechoslovakia) lowlands: I. Notes on flower biology and fruit production. Biologia 44(1): 37-42.

Broyles, S. B. and R. Wyatt (1988). Asclepias syriaca in Georgia (USA). Bulletin Of The Torrey Botanical Club 115(4): 297-298.

Kephart, S. R., R. Wyatt, et al. (1988). Hybridization of North American Asclepias: I. Morphological evidence. Systematic Botany 13(3): 456-473.

Kevan, P. G., D. Eisikowitch, et al. (1988). Yeast-contaminated nectar and its effects on bee foraging. Journal Of Apicultural Research 27(1): 26-29.

Stamm, K. E. J., D. L. Wyse, et al. (1988). Development of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) root buds following emergence from lateral roots. Weed Science 36(6): 758-763.

Adams, R. P., A. S. Tomb, et al. (1987). Investigation of hybridization between Asclepias speciosa and Asclepias syriaca using alkanes, fatty acids and triterpenoids. Biochemical Systematics And Ecology 15(4): 395-400.

Eisikowitch, D., P. G. Kevan, et al. (1987). The significance of pollen longevity in Asclepias syriaca L. under natural conditions. Pollen Et Spores 29(1): 121-128.

Kephart, S. R. (1987). Phenological variation in flowering and fruiting of Asclepias. American Midland Naturalist 118(1): 64-76.

Knorr, D. and S. M. Miazga (1987). Production of protease from cell cultures of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.). Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 35(4): 621-624.

Lawrence, W. S. (1987). Effects of sex ratio on milkweed beetle emigration from host plant patches. Ecology 68(3): 539-546.

McCauley, D. E. (1987). Population genetic consequences of local colonization: Evidence from the milkweed beetle Tetraopes tetraophthalmus. Florida Entomologist 70(1): 21-30.

McCauley, D. E. and W. F. Eanes (1987). Hierarchical population structure analysis of the milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetraophthalmus (Forster). Heredity 58(2): 193-202.

McLain, D. K. and R. D. Boromisa (1987). Male choice, fighting ability, assortative mating and the intensity of sexual selection in the milkweed longhorn beetle, Tetraopes tetraophthalmus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology 20(4): 239-246.

Morse, D. H. (1987). Roles of pollen and ovary age in follicle production of the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. American Journal Of Botany 74(6): 851-856.

Sacchi, C. F. (1987). Variability in dispersal ability of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, seeds. Oikos 49(2): 191-198.

Salyi, G. and A. Petri (1987). Asclepias syriaca poisoning of cattle. Magyar Allatorvosok Lapja 42(1): 56-58.

Senecal, M. and D. L. Benoit (1987). Influence of seed type, the container and fertilization on growth and mineral content of milkweed plants (Asclepias syriaca L.). Naturaliste Canadien 114(4): 507-512.

Cheung, H. T. A., T. R. Watson, et al. (1986). Structure of aspecioside from the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae foodplants Asclepias speciosa and Asclepias syriaca. Journal Of The Chemical Society Perkin Transactions I(1): 61-66.

Dunbar, K. B., K. J. Wilson, et al. (1986). Identification of laticifers in embryoids derived from callus and suspension cultures of Asclepias species (Asclepiadaceae). American Journal Of Botany 73(6): 847-851.

Farmer, J. M., S. C. Price, et al. (1986). Population, temperature, and substrate influences on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seed germination. Weed Science 34(4): 525-528.

Morse, D. H. (1986). Inflorescence choice and time allocation by insects foraging on milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Oikos 46(2): 229-236.

Morse, D. H. (1986). Predatory risk to insects foraging at flowers. Oikos 46(2): 223-228.

Campbell, T. A. (1985). Growth analysis in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Canadian Journal Of Botany 63(12): 2345-2349.

Mika, J. S., K. A. Frost, et al. (1985). The impact of land-applied incinerator ash residue on a freshwater wetland plant community. Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological And Biological 38(4): 339-360.

Moore, L. V. and G. G. E. Scudder (1985). Selective sequestration of milkweed (Asclepias sp.) cardenolides in Oncopeltus fasciatus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal Of Chemical Ecology 11(5): 667-687.

Morse, D. H. and J. Schmitt (1985). Propagule size, dispersal ability, and seedling performance in Asclepias syriaca. Oecologia 67(3): 372-379.

Platt, W. J. and I. M. Weis (1985). An experimental study of competition among fugitive prairie plants. Ecology 66(3): 708-720.

Waldecker, M. A. and D. L. Wyse (1985). Chemical and physical effects of the accumulation of glyphosate in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) root buds. Weed Science 33(5): 605-611.

Waldecker, M. A. and D. L. Wyse (1985). Soil moisture effects on glyphosate absorption and translocation in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Weed Science 33: 299-305.

Wilson, K. J., B. H. Petersen, et al. (1984). Immunocytochemical identification of laticifers. Protoplasma 122(1-2): 86-90.

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