Application technology for the entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis indica and Steinernema sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae) to control Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in corn

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-311

  Garcia, Luiz C ^a   Raetano, Carlos G ^a   Leite, Luis G ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Biológico ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematoda; Fall armyworm; Irrigation system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPODOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; RHABDITIDA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMATIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47749084278     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2008000300010     Document Type: Article

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