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Author(s):Koppenhöfer A.M., Kaya H.K. 
Year:1999 
Title:Ecological characterization of Steinernema rarum  
Citation:Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 73:(1) 120-128. . 
Abstract:
The host-foraging behaviour; the effect of temperature on infectivity, development, reproduction, and persistence in storage; the effect of soil moisture on infectivity; and the physiological host range of S. rarum is reported. The nematode was well-adapted to lepidopteran hosts whose larvae spend part of their life on the soil surface and/or that pupate in the soil

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