Trait stability and fitness of the heat tolerant entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora IS5 strain

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-244

  Shapiro, David I ^a   Glazer, Itamar ^a   Segal, Daniel ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

biological control; fitness; heat tolerance; Heterorhabditidae; trait stability

Indexed keywords

HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA;

EID: 0030130492     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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