Efficiency of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae) on Anastrepha serpentina (Diptera: Tephritidae) larvae under laboratory conditions

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-526

  Toledo, Jorge ^a   Rojas, Romeo ^a   Ibarra, Jorge E ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FLY; HUMIDITY; INFECTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; NEMATODE; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; SANDY SOIL;

ANASTREPHA SERPENTINA; DIPTERA; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 33847172381     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[524:EOHBNH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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