Slugs (Deroceras reticulatum and Arion ater agg.) avoid soil treated with the rhabditid nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita

Biological Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-176

  Wilson, M J ^a   Hughes, L A ^b   Jefferies, D ^b   Glen, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Gastropods; Molluscs; Nematodes; Repellent; Rhabditidae; Slug behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; SOIL;

ANIMALIA; ARION ATER; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PHASMARHABDITIS; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; RHABDITIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0032868723     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0757     Document Type: Article

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