Multiple-species natural enemy approach for biological control of alfalfa snout beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) using entomopathogenic nematodes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1533-1539

  Neumann, Gabor ^a   Shields, Elson J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Multiple species approach; Otiorhynchus ligustici; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DENSITY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DENSITY; RHABDITIDA; WEEVILS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEMATODA; OTIORHYNCHUS LIGUSTICI; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 54449096891     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1533:MNEAFB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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