Susceptibility of Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) isolated in the azores: Effect of nematode strain and host age

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1403-1408

  Medeiros, J ^a   Rosa, J S ^a   Tavares, J ^a   Simoes N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Biological control; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Pseudaletia unipuncta; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernema glaseri

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AZORES; LARVA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 0034296808     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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