Effect of sweet potato cultivar on efficacy and persistence of entomopathogenic nematodes for control of Cylas formicarius

Nematropica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-52

  Jansson, Richard K ^a,b   Lecrone, Scott H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY   (United States)

^c MCC ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cylas formicarius; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Insecta; Sleinernema felliae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031371116     PISSN: 00995444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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