Evaluation of the effects of autochthonous and commercial isolates of steinernematidae and heterorhabditidae on rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-180

  Triggiani, Oreste ^a   Tarasco, Eustachio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Nematode reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PHOENIX CANARIENSIS; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHYNCHOPHORUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA AFFINE; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; STEINERNEMA KRAUSSEI; STEINERNEMA LONGICAUDUM; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 82355171087     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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