Effects of Soil Rehydration on the Virulence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 983-991

  Grant, Jennifer A ^a   Villani, Michael G ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Soil moisture; Steinernema glaseri

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; REHYDRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VIRULENCE;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; PYRALIDAE; STEINERNEMA GLASERI;

EID: 0242667928     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.983     Document Type: Article

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