Population dynamics, persistence, and efficacy of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Oswego strain) in association with the clover root curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Pennsylvania

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1240-1250

  Loya, Lane J ^a,b   Hower Jr , Arthur A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Clover root curculio; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Sitona hispidulus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEMATODA; SITONA; SITONA HISPIDULUS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0036958352     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1240     Document Type: Article

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