Management of citrus root weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Florida citrus with soil-applied entomopathogenic nematodes (Nematoda: Rhabditida)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Bullock, R C ^a   Pelosi, R R ^a   Killer, E E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Pachnaeus litus; Root weevils; S. riobravis; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; NEMATODA; PACHNAEUS LITUS; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; RHABDITIDA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVIS;

EID: 0002683647     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495831     Document Type: Article

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