Suppression of an entomopathogenic nematode by the nematode-trapping fungi Geniculifera paucispora and Monacrosporium eudermatum as affected by the fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-227

  Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^a   Jaffee, Bruce A ^a   Muldoon, Ann E ^a   Strong, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis hepialus; most probable number; soil ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBOTRYS; ARTHROBOTRYS OLIGOSPORA; FUNGI; GENICULIFERA PAUCISPORA; HEPIALUS; HETERORHABDITIS HEPIALUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MONACROSPORIUM EUDERMATUM; NEMATODA;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; NEMATODE-TRAPPING FUNGI; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL;

EID: 0030614069     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761074     Document Type: Article

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