Pathogenicity of new combinations of Heterorhabditis spp. and Photorhabdus luminescens against Galleria mellonella and Tipula oleracea

Biological Control

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-15

  Gerritsen, Lonne J M ^a   Wiegers, Gerrie L ^a   Smits, Peter H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial retention; Biological control; Galleria mellonella; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Heterorhabditis megidis; Pathogenicity; Photorhabdus luminescens; Tipula oleracea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; TIPULA OLERACEA;

EID: 0031697407     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0640     Document Type: Article

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