Effectiveness of Heterohabditis bacteriophora strain GPS11 applications targeted against different instars of the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica

Biological Control

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-236

  Power, Kevin T ^a   An, Ruisheng ^a   Grewal, Parwinder S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Heterohabditis bacteriophora; Insect parasitic nematodes; Larval instars; Popillia japonica; Predictability; White grubs

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HETEROHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; POACEAE; POPILLIA JAPONICA;

EID: 58849096183     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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