Desiccation survival of populations of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis megidis from Greece and the UK

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Menti, H ^a,b   Wright, D J ^b   Perry, R N ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; GREECE; HUMIDITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER LOSS;

HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 0030942861     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00000778     Document Type: Article

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