Pupation by viburnum leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Behavioral description and impact of environmental variables and entomopathogenic nematodes

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 845-849

  Weston, Paul A ^a   Desurmont, Gaylord A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematodes; Pupation; Soil moisture; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BURROW; EMERGENCE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOLIAGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEMATODE; PUPATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA; RHABDITIDA; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PYRRHALTA VIBURNI; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; VIBURNUM;

EID: 50949124071     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[845:PBVLBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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