Improvement of heat and desiccation tolerance in Heterorhabditis bacteriophora through cross-breeding of tolerant strains and successive genetic selection

BioControl

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-521

  Mukuka, J ^a,b   Strauch, O ^a   Hoppe, C ^a   Ehlers, R U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Zambia Agricultural Research Institute   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Genetic improvement; Hybridization; Selection pressure; Stress adaptation; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DESICCATION; DOMESTICATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NEMATODE; SELECTION; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 77953873774     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-010-9271-4     Document Type: Article

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