Factors Influencing the Infectivity of a Canadian Isolate ofSteinernema kraussei(Nematoda: Steinernematidae) at Low Temperature

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-247

  Mráček, Zdeněk ^a   Bečvář, Stanislav ^a   Kindlmann, Pavel ^a   Webster, John M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold infective isolate; Galleria mellonella; Host density; Instantaneous rate of infection; Penetration ability; Size of arena; Steinernema kraussei; Time exposure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CANADA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITOIDEA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033124168     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4833     Document Type: Article

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