Susceptibility of diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae to different rates of entomopathogenic nematodes in the greenhouse

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Shapiro, D I ^a,b   Mccoy, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, H. indica, entomopathogenic nematodes; Steinernema riobrave

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NEMATODE; PEST SPECIES;

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVE; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVIS;

EID: 0034109512     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496221     Document Type: Article

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