Infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes to soil-dwelling developmental stages of the tree leaf beetles Altica quercetorum and Agelastica alni

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-133

  Tomalak, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agelastica alni; Altica quercetorum; Biological control; Chrysomelidae; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Heterorhabditis megidis; Leaf beetles; Steinernema feltiae; Urban tree pests

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE;

AGELASTICA ALNI; ALTICA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 1142293807     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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