Long-term survival of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis marelatus

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1501-1506

  Preisser, Evan L ^a,b   Dugaw, Christopher J ^c   Dennis, Brian ^d   Strong, Donald R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematode; Heterorhabditis marelatus; Negative binomial

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

HETERORHABDITIS MARELATUS; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 29544435595     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2005)034[1501:LSOTEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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