Genetic improvement of heat tolerance in Heterorhabditis bacteriophora through hybridization

Biological Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Shapiro, David I ^a   Glazer, Itamar ^a   Segal, Daniel ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

beneficial traits; biological control; entomopathogenic; genetic improvement; heat tolerance; Heterorhabditidae; hybridization; nematode

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031080101     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0488     Document Type: Article

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