Mixed infection of Galleria mellonella with two entomopathogenic nematode (Nematoda: Rhabditida) species: Steinernema affine benefits from the presence of Steinernema kraussei

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-43

  Půža, Vladimír ^a,b,c   Mráček, Zdeněk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Competition; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Invasion rate; Mixed infection; Progeny production; Scavenging; Steinernema affine; Steinernema kraussei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITIDA INFECTIONS;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA AFFINE; STEINERNEMA KRAUSSEI; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 68349123648     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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