Laboratory Screening of Nematodes Isolated from South Australia for Potential as Biocontrol Agents of Helicid Snails

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Charwat, Suzanne M ^a   Davies, Kerrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cernuella virgata; Cochlicella acuta; Cochlicella barbara; Nematodes; Pathogenicity; Snails; Theba pisana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040441641     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4855     Document Type: Article

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