Evaluation of twenty-eight strains of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora isolated in Azores for biocontrol of the armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-417

  Rosa, J S ^a   Simoes N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematode; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Pseudaletia unipuncta; Selection; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernema glaseri; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA GLASERI;

EID: 1642457268     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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