Effect of timber condition on parasitization of pine weevil (Hylobius abietis L.) larvae by entomopathogenic nematodes under laboratory conditions

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-233

  Armendáriz, Ignacio ^a   Downes, Martin J ^a   Griffin, Christine T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Forest protection; Heterorhabditis megidis; Hylobius abietis; Nematode behaviour; Phlebiopsis gigantea; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST LOCATION; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; WOOD QUALITY;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; HEXAPODA; HYLOBIUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; PHLEBIOPSIS GIGANTEA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 0036217730     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150120124487     Document Type: Article

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