Susceptibility of cabbage root fly Delia radicum, in potted cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) to isolates of entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema and Heterorhabditis spp.) indigenous to the UK

Nematology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 965-970

  Willmott, Deena M ^a   Hart, Andrew J ^a   Long, Steve J ^a   Richardson, Paul N ^a   Chandler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diptera; Glasshouse; S. feltiae; Steinernema affine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FLY; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL;

ANTHOMYIIDAE; BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DELIA RADICUM; DIPTERA; HETERORHABDITIS; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA AFFINE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 0037003764     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854102321122584     Document Type: Article

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