Effect of temperature on infection, development and reproduction of the parasitic nematode Thripinema nicklewoodi in Frankliniella occidentalis

BioControl

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-429

  Arthurs, S ^a   Heinz, K M ^a   Thompson, S ^a   Krauter, P C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frankliniella occidentalis; Infectivity; Inoculative biological control; Parasitic nematode; Temperature; Thripinema nicklewoodi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; THRIPS;

ALLANTONEMATIDAE; FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA; TYLENCHIDA;

EID: 0043068329     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024798928406     Document Type: Article

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