Ecological characterization of entomopathogenic nematodes isolated in stone fruit orchard soils of Mediterranean areas

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Morton, Ana ^a   García del Pino, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Heat tolerance; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Hypoxia; Steinernema carpocapsae; Steinernema feltiae; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DESICCATION; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; DESICCATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; REPRODUCTION; RHABDITIDA; SOIL; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAPNODIS TENEBRIONIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 70350575285     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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