The chemotactic response of Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Nematoda: Rhabditida) to cues of Deroceras reticulatum (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Nematology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-200

  Rae, Robbie G ^a   Robertson, Jamie F ^a   Wilson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction; Faeces; Host cues; Host finding; Mucus; Slugs

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST LOCATION; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SLUG;

ANIMALIA; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 33749443704     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 13885545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854106777998746     Document Type: Article

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