Assessment of augmentative releases of parasitic nematode Thripinema nicklewoodi for control of Frankliniella occidentalis in impatiens bedding plants

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1344-1350

  Un, Taek Lim ^a   Van Driesche, Roy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Impatiens; Inoculative augmentation; Nematode rearing; Spinosad; Western flower thrips

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; PARASITE; PEST CONTROL; THRIPS;

FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; IMPATIENS; NEMATODA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); THRIPIDAE; THRIPINEMA NICKLEWOODI; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 7644228228     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225x-33.5.1344     Document Type: Article

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