Penetration of the Entomopathogenic NematodeHeterorhabditisspp. into Host Insects at 9 and 20°C

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-205

  Westerman, P R ^a  

^a Van Hall Instituut ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biological control; Galleria mellonella; Heterorhabditis spp.; proportion of infectious nematodes, temperature; relative penetration rate; Spodoptera exigua* Otiorhynchus sulcatus; Steinernemaspp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003710873     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4790     Document Type: Article

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