Interguild antagonism between biological controls: Impact of entomopathogenic nematode application on an aphid predator, Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-118

  Powell, Jeff R ^a,b   Webster, John M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphidoletes aphidimyza; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Integrated pest management; Non target mortality; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDOLETES; APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 2142643349     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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