Field efficacy and persistence of the entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis bacteriophora 'Oswego' and H. bacteriophora 'NC' on alfalfa snout beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 128-136

  Shields, Elson J ^a   Testa, Antonio ^a   Miller, Joan M ^a   Flanders, Kathy L ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa snout beetle; Entomopathogenic nematode; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; TOXICITY;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; INSECTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEMATODA; OTIORHYNCHUS LIGUSTICI;

EID: 0032958812     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.1.128     Document Type: Article

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