Efficacy of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (strain OLI) in relation to temperature, concentration and origin of the infective juvenile

Nematropica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-133

  De Doucet, M M A ^a   Miranda, M B ^a   Bertolotti, M A ^a   Caro, K A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Infective juveniles; Inoculum density; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030343454     PISSN: 00995444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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