The natural host range of Steinernema and Heterorhabditis spp. and their impact on insect populations

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-402

  Peters, Arne ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerambicidae; Ch rysomelidae; Curculionidae; Elateridae; epizootics; host specificity; Muscidae; Noctuidae; Pamphi lidae; Pieridae; Pyralidae; Pythidae; Scarabaeidae; Sesiidae; Steinernema Heterorhabditis Gryllotalpidae; Tephritidae; Tortricidae; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

CURCULIONIDAE; ELATERIDAE; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUSCIDAE; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; PIERIDAE; PYRALIDAE; PYTHIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SESIIDAE; STEINERNEMA; TEPHRITIDAE; TORTRICIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030454289     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159631361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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