Enhanced consistency in biological control of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with new strains of entomopathogenic nematodes

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-82

  Grewal, P S ^a   Power, K T ^a   Grewal, S K ^a   Suggars, A ^b   Haupricht, S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TrueGreen ChemLawn   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclocephala borealis; Halofenozide; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Heterorhabditis zealandica; Imidacloprid; Popillia japonica; Steinernema glaseri; Steinernema kraussei; Trichlorfon

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CYCLOCEPHALA BOREALIS; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS ZEALANDICA; JAPONICA; NEMATODA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; STEINERNEMA KRAUSSEI;

EID: 2142812566     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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