Susceptibility of the European chafer (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae)

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 297-301

  Simard, Louis ^a   Bélair, Guv ^b   Brodeur, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematodes; European chafer; Turfgrass pest

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044533505     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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