Does osmoregulatory behaviour in entomopathogenic nematodes predispose desiccation tolerance?

Nematology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 483-487

  Piggott, Simon J ^a   Liu, Qhi Zhi ^a   Glazer, Itamar ^a   Wright, Denis J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis; Steinernema; Survival

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; OSMOREGULATION; TOLERANCE;

HETERORHABDITIS; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 0036393473     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854102760290464     Document Type: Article

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