Successes and failures in the use of parasitic nematodes for pest control

Biological Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-123

  Georgis, R ^a   Koppenhofer A M ^b   Lacey, L A ^c   Belair G ^d   Duncan, L W ^e   Grewal, P S ^f   Samish, M ^g   Tan, L ^h   Torr, P ⁱ   van Tol, R W H M ^j  

^a AgroSci LLC   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^h University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^j WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Commercialization; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Field efficacy; Heterorhabditis; Phasmarhabditis; Slug nematode; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS IPSILON; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CITRUS; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; NEMATODA; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS; PHASMARHABDITIS; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; SCIARIDAE; STEINERNEMA;

EID: 33744527063     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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