Use of a cold-active entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema kraussei to control overwintering larvae of the black vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in outdoor strawberry plants

Nematology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 925-932

  Willmot, Deena M ^a   Hart, Andrew J ^a   Long, Steve J ^a   Edmondson, Rodney N ^a   Richardson, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baermann funnel; Biological control; Biopesticide; Galleria mellonella; Low temperature; Soft fruit

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; LARVA; NEMATODE;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA KRAUSSEI;

EID: 0036998444     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854102321122548     Document Type: Article

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