Field efficacy of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae against the Mediterranean flat-headed rootborer Capnodis tenebrionis

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 632-637

  Morton, A ^a   Garcia Del Pino F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Buprestidae; Coleoptera; Field experiment; Rhabditida; Steinernematidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FIELD METHOD; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; ORCHARD; PEST SPECIES;

BUPRESTIDAE; CAPNODIS TENEBRIONIS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 49549095567     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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