Biological control agents for white grubs (coleoptera: scarabaeidae) in anticipation of the establishment of the Japanese beetle in California

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-80

  Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^a,b   Wilson, Michael ^b,c   Brown, Ian ^b   Kaya, Harry K ^a   Gaugler, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cyclocephala hirta; Heterorhabditis; Insect parasitic nematodes; Popillia japonica; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

DIMPYLATE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLES; CALIFORNIA; DIAZINON; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITOIDEA;

EID: 0008124122     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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