Morphological and molecular characterization of a new isolate of Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev, 1934) from Vancouver, Canada, with morphometrical comparison with the topotype population from Russia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1132, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Nguyen, Khuong B ^a   Mrácek, Zdeněk ^b   Webster, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Greater Vancouver; Molecular characterization; Morphology; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 33745265627     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1132.1.3     Document Type: Article

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