Early timing and new combinations to increase the efficacy of neonicotinoid-entomopathogenic nematode (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) combinations against white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 725-735

  Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^a   Fuzy, Eugene M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomala orientalis; Cyclocephala borealis; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Popillia japonica; Synergism; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

((E) 1 (2 CHLORO 1,3 THIAZOL 5 YLMETHYL) 3 METHYL 2 NITROGUANIDINE); ((E)-1-(2-CHLORO-1,3-THIAZOL-5-YLMETHYL)-3-METHYL-2-NITROGUANIDINE); GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; GRASS; INSECTICIDE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; GUANIDINES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; COLEOPTERA; CYCLOCEPHALA BOREALIS; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; POACEAE; POPILLIA JAPONICA; RHABDITIDA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 46849090545     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1550     Document Type: Article

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