Stabilisation of heat tolerance traits in Heterorhabditis bacteriophora through selective breeding and creation of inbred lines in liquid culture

BioControl

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Anbesse, Samuel ^a   Sumaya, Nanette Hope ^a,b   Dörfler, Anna Verena ^a   Strauch, Olaf ^a   Ehlers, Ralf Udo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c E Nema Gesellschaft für Biotechnologie und biologischen Pflanzenschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross breeding; Genetic selection; High temperature tolerance; Inbred lines; Trait deterioration; Trait stability

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HEAT BALANCE; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; STABILIZATION; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84872614423     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-012-9467-x     Document Type: Article

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