Larvicidal activity of the symbiotic bacterium Xenorhabdus japonicus from the Entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema kushidai against Anomala cuprea (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-159

  Tachibana, Mineo ^a   Hori, Hidetaka ^a   Suzuki, Nobukazu ^a   Uechi, Toshihito ^a   Kobayashi, Daisuke ^b   Iwahana, Hidenori ^b   Kaya, Harry K ^c  

^a KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cupreous chafer; Insect parasitic nematode; Scarabaeidae; Steinernematidae; White grub

Indexed keywords

ANOMALA CUPREA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; SCARABAEIDAE; STEINERNEMA KUSHIDAI; STEINERNEMATIDAE; SUS SCROFA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS JAPONICA;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITOIDEA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030237779     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0073     Document Type: Article

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