Insecticidal effect of Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev) (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) against Tribolium confusum du Val (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in stored wheat

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-57

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a   Palyvos, Nickolas E ^a   Kakouli Duarte, Thomae ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Ephestia kuehniella; Steinernema feltiae; Stored wheat; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; COLEOPTERA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; PYRALIDAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 36048992883     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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