Susceptibility of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and the Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa) to entomopathogenic nematodes

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-49

  Malan, Antoinette P ^a   Manrakhan, Aruna ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CITRUS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ceratitis capitata; Ceratitis rosa; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Fruit fly; Heterorhabditis; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; REPRODUCTION; RHABDITIDA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEPHRITIDAE;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS ROSA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS ZEALANDICA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 57349180475     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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