Soil mediates the interaction of coexisting entomopathogenic nematodes with an insect host

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-19

  Gruner, Daniel S ^a   Ram, Karthik ^a   Strong, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding and Akhurst bait method; Bodega head; California; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Foraging behavior; Galleria mellonella; Heterorhabditis marelatus; Interspecific interactions; Sampling technique; Soil bulk density; Soil moisture; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MOTHS; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITOIDEA; SOIL;

GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS MARELATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUPINUS ARBOREUS; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 33845762788     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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