Effects of soil type on virulence and persistence of entomopathogenic nematodes in relation to control of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1083-1087

  Shapiro, D I ^a   McCoy, C W ^a   Fares, A ^a   Obreza, T ^a   Dou, H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Soil type; Steinernema riobrave

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CARIBBEAN; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; INSECT CONTROL; PERSISTENCE; SOIL TYPE; VIRULENCE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; PERSISTENCE; SOIL TYPE; VIRULENCE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVIS;

EID: 0033782531     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.5.1083     Document Type: Article

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