The lethal and sub-lethal consequences of entomopathogenic nematode infestation and exposure for adult pine weevils, Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Girling, R D ^a   Ennis, D ^a   Dillon, A B ^a   Griffin, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Feeding behavior; Heterorhabditis downesi; Hylobius abietis; LT50; LT90; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEEVIL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEEVILS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS DOWNESI; HEXAPODA; HYLOBIUS ABIETIS; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 77954759835     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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