Osmotic survival of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-257

  Glazer, Itamar ^a   Salame, Liora ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Heat tolerance; Osmobiosis; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernematidae

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; DESICCATION; DISTILLED WATER; GLYCEROL; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFECTIVITY; MACROGOL; MORTALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SURVIVAL;

INSECTA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 0033943666     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0814     Document Type: Article

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