Entomopathogenic nematodes as a potential biological control method for ticks

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 849, Issue , 1998, Pages 355-364

  Kocan, Katherine M ^a   Blouin, Edmour F ^a   Pidherney, Marsha S ^a   Claypool, P L ^a   Samish, Michael ^b   Glazer, Itamar ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; INSECTA; NEMATODA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMA GLASERI;

EID: 0031850636     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11070.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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