Natal-host environmental effects on juvenile size, transmission success, and operational sex ratio in the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1095-1100

  Therese, M O ^a   Bashey, F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FITNESS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROPAGULE; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEX RATIO; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; RHABDITIDA; SEX RATIO;

NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 84872192161     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3069.1     Document Type: Article

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