Population dynamics of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and Steinernema carpocapsae in in vitro monoxenic solid culture;Dynamique des populations d'Heterorhabditis bacteriophora et de Steinernema carpocapsae en elevage monoxenique in vitro sur milieu solide

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Wang, Jinxian ^a,b   Bedding, Robin A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Guangdong High Tech R and D C   (China)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; In vitro culture; Inoculum; Population dynamics; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 0032029875     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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