Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes against the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta in laboratory and greenhouse conditions

BioControl

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-530

  Batalla Carrera, Laia ^a   Morton, Ana ^a   García del Pino, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Foliar application; Heterorhabditis; Steinernema; Survival; Tuta absoluta

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; LEAFMINER; MORTALITY; MOTH; NEMATODE; PLANTATION;

EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGROMYZIDAE; GELECHIIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 77953869337     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-010-9284-z     Document Type: Article

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