Vertical distribution in soil, persistence, and efficacy against citrus root weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of two species of entomogenous nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae; Heterorhabditidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 174-178

  Duncan, L W ^a   McCoy, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Persistence; Spatial patterns; Steinernema riobravis; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030498928     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.1.174     Document Type: Article

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