Effect of soil salinity on entomopathogenic nematode survival and behaviour

Nematology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 859-867

  Nielsen, Anne L ^a   Spence, Kenneth O ^a   Nakatani, Jamie ^a   Lewis, Edwin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; foraging; nematode behaviour; salt; soil characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST LOCATION; HOST SELECTION; INFECTIVITY; MOTILITY; NEMATODE; ORCHARD; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SURVIVAL;

HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVE;

EID: 80052993645     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/138855411X562254     Document Type: Article

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