Influence of temperature on the vertical movement of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema feltiae (TUR-S3) and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (TUR-H2), and infectivity of the moving nematodes

Nematology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-141

  Susurluk, I Alper ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal; Host location; Host searching; Mobility

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST LOCATION; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; MOBILITY; MOTH; NEMATODE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 37849047166     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854108783360113     Document Type: Article

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