Incidence of entomopathogenic nematodes in soil samples collected from Scotland, England and Wales;Frequence des nematodes entomoparasites dans des echantillons de sol recoltes en Ecosse, Angleterre et Pays de Galles

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 427-431

  Gwynn, Roma L ^a,b   Richardson, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Frazione Pantalla ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Entomophathogenic nematodes; soil surveys; Steinernema affinis; Steinernema feltiae; Steinernema kraussei; temperature

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMA KRAUSSEI;

EID: 0030512190     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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