The effect of artificial substrates on the pathogenicity of Steinernema feltiae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) to adult Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Nematology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Renn, Nick ^a   Wright, Elaine ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult houseflies; Baits; Entomopathogenic nematodes; LD50; Mortality; Total porosity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COMPOST; COTTON; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBERTEX; HOUSE FLY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PERLITE; POROSITY; SAND; SUCROSE;

STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 0034086266     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854100508953     Document Type: Article

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