Biological control of the shore fly (Scatella tenuicosta) with steinernematid nematodes and Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis in Peat and rockwool

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-63

  Vänninen, Irene ^a   Koskula, Heini ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological control greenhouse crops; Entomopathogenic nematodes; S. carpocapsae; Scatella tenuicosta; Shore fly; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FLY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NEMATODE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; EPHYDRIDAE; NEMATODA; SCATELLA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 0037301933     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958315021000054386     Document Type: Article

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