Field efficacy of two commercial preparations of entomopathogenic nematodes against larvae of diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in alfisol type soil

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 537-544

  McCoy, C W ^a   Stuart, R J ^a   Duncan, L W ^a   Nguyen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Citrus root weevils; Diaprepes; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Pachnaeus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; NEMATODA; PACHNAEUS; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVE; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVIS;

EID: 0036975015     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0537:FEOTCP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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