Enhanced ambient storage stability of an entomopathogenic nematode through anhydrobiosis

Pest Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 401-406

  Grewal, Parwinder S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Desiccation survival; Infectivity; Lipid utilization; Longevity; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DORMANCY; STORAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STORAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0034007558     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-4998(200005)56:5<401::AID-PS137>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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