Serratia marcescens as a bacterial pathogen of Rhagoletis pomonella flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Lauzon, Carol R ^a   Bussert, Teresa G ^a   Sjogren, Robert E ^b   Prokopy, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple maggot fly; Disease; Microorganisms; Mortality; Pseudomonas; Rhagoletis pomonella; Serratia marcescens; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; LARVA; PATHOGEN; PEST CONTROL; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHAGOLETIS; RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TEPHRITIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037985470     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.017     Document Type: Article

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