Application rate and timing, potting medium, and host plant effects on the efficacy of Steinernema feltiae against the fungus gnat, Bradysia coprophila, in floriculture

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 296-305

  Jagdale, Ganpati B ^a   Casey, Mildred L ^a   Grewal, Parwider S ^a   Lindquist, Richard K ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Olympic Horticultural Products   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradysia coprophila; Entomopathogenic nematode; Euphorbia pulcherrima; Fungus gnats; Impatiens; Impatiens hawkeri; Poinsettia; Potting media; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

BRADYSIA; BRADYSIA COPROPHILA; DIPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; FUNGI; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS HAWKERI; MYCETOPHILIDAE; MYCETOPHILUS SP. HMR-1993; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 0346305127     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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