Effects of temperature and host age on suppression of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by entomopathogenic nematodes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1086-1092

  Shapiro, David I ^a,b   Cate, James R ^a   Pena, Jorge ^a,c   Hunsberger, Adrian ^a,c   Mccoy, Clay W ^a,b  

^a Integrated BioControl Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaprepes abbreviatus; Heterorhabditis; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; NEMATODA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVE;

EID: 0032694565     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.5.1086     Document Type: Article

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