Effect of soil type on infectivity and persistence of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema scarabaei, Steinernema glaseri, Heterorhabditis zealandica, and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-22

  Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^a   Fuzy, Eugene M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomala orientalis; Biological control; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Heterorhabditis zealandica; Insect parasitic nematodes; Popillia japonica; Scarab; Steinernema glaseri; Steinernema scarabaei

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEMATODA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS ZEALANDICA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; STEINERNEMA SCARABAEI;

EID: 33646140120     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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