Effect of white grub developmental stage on susceptibility to entomopathogenic nematodes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1842-1849

  Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^a   Fuzy, Eugene M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomala orientalis; Heterorhabditis; Popillia japonica; Scarabaeidae; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; CASTANEA; COLEOPTERA; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; JAPONICA; NEMATODA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; STEINERNEMA SCARABAEI;

EID: 12344338760     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-97.6.1842     Document Type: Article

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