Spontaneous and induced activity of Heterorhabditis megidis infective juveniles during storage

Nematology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 911-917

  Fitters, Paul F L ^a,b   Griffin, Christine T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activity; Entomopathogenic nematode; Phased infectivity; Starvation; Survival

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS;

EID: 23144452245     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568541044038597     Document Type: Article

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