Combined use of entomopathogenic nematodes and Metarhizium anisopliae as a new approach for black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, control

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-347

  Ansari, M A ^a   Shah, F A ^a   Butt, T M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coleoptera; Compost; Curculionidae; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Insect pathogenic fungus; Pathogen combinations; Steinernema feltiae; Steinernema kraussei; Synergy

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMPOST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; SYNERGISM; VINE;

CELASTRACEAE; CLAVICIPITACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS FORTUNEI; FUNGI; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEMATODA; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMA KRAUSSEI; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 56049096979     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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