Laboratory bioassays of virulence of entomopathogenic nematodes against soil-inhabiting stages of Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Nematology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-547

  Premachandra, Dammini W T S ^a   Borgemeister, Christian ^a   Berndt, Oliver ^a   Ehlers, Ralf Udo ^b   Poehling, Hans Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dose response; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; S. carpocapsae; S. feltiae; Steinernema arenarium

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; VIRULENCE;

FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA ARENARIUM; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0348196973     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854103322683256     Document Type: Article

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