Potential of ice-nucleating active bacteria for management of the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 859-866

  Landry, Camille E ^a   Phillips Jr , Sherman A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cold acclimation; ice nucleating active bacteria; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0030512230     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.4.859     Document Type: Article

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