Rapid genetic deterioration of environmental tolerance and reproductive potential of an entomopathogenic nematode during laboratory maintenance

Biological Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-78

  Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Grewal, Parwinder S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Inadvertent selection; Physiological fitness; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036155429     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0986     Document Type: Article

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