Laboratory evaluations of four entomopathogenic nematodes for control of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 381-387

  Wang, Changlu ^a,b   Powell, Janine E ^a,c   Nguyen, Khuong ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coptotermes formosanus; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Reticulitermes flavipes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; ISOPTERA; NEMATODA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVIS;

EID: 0036557187     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.2.381     Document Type: Article

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