Time and frequency of applications of entomopathogenic nematodes and their persistence for control of western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis

Nematology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 611-622

  Belay, Difabachew ^a,b   Ebssa, Lemma ^a   Borgemeister, Christian ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Melkassa Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Concentration; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Soil dwelling life stages; Split application; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernema feltiae; Thrips

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PERSISTENCE; PEST CONTROL; THRIPS;

FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 33748889515     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 13885545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854105774384822     Document Type: Article

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