Effect of application rates and abiotic factors on Steinernema carpocapsae for control of overwintering navel orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Amyelois transitella) in pistachios

Biological Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Siegel, Joel P ^a   Lacey, Lawrence A ^a   Higbee, Bradley S ^b   Noble, Patricia ^a   Fritts Jr , Robert ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Paramount Farming Company   (United States)

^c Certis USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyelois transitella; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Mortality; Pistachios; Soil temperature; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

AMYELOIS TRANSITELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; PISTACIA VERA; PYRALIDAE; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 31044446843     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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