Influence of humidity and a surfactant-polymer-formulation on the control potential of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae against diapausing codling moth larvae (Cydia pomonella L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

BioControl

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 777-788

  Navaneethan, Thurkathipana ^a,b   Strauch, Olaf ^a   Besse, Samantha ^c   Bonhomme, Antoine ^c   Ehlers, Ralf Udo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Arysta LifeScience's Group   (France)

Author keywords

Apple; Bark; Biocontrol; Cocooned larvae; Relative humidity; Water activity

Indexed keywords

BARK; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CRYPSIS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; LARVA; MOTH; NEMATODE; POLYMER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURFACTANT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CYDIA POMONELLA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 78649335517     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-010-9299-5     Document Type: Article

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