Biological control of pestiferous slugs using Tetanocera elata (Fabricius) (Diptera: Sciomyzidae): Larval behavior and feeding on slugs exposed to Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider, 1859)

report of pathogenic nematode of slugs, phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita ( nematoda : rhabditida) iran in

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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Predation by Carabid Beetles (Carabidae) on Nematode Infected and Uninfected Slugs in the Field

The dynamics of predation on parasites within prey has received relatively little attention despite the profound effects this is likely to have on both prey and parasite numbers and hence on biological control programmes where parasites are employed. The nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita is a commercially available biological agent against slugs. Predation on these slugs may, at the same t...

Phototaxis of Dictyostelium discoideum Slugs

Feeding preferences of a predatory beetle (Pterostichus madidus) for slugs exposed to lethal and sub-lethal dosages of metaldehyde

Carabid beetles are species rich and abundant in arable habitats worldwide and, due to their predatory polyphagous nutrition, potentially important as natural pest control agents (Kromp, 1999). Diversification of agricultural field margins with techniques such as sowing wildflower mixes can enhance populations of arthropods such as carabid beetles (Asteraki et al., 1995). Management of this typ...

Synapses , sea slugs , and psychiatry

This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, announced on 9 October 2000, has gone to Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, and Eric Kandel. The citation states that the prize is shared for pioneering discoveries in slow synaptic transmission, which are “crucial for an understanding of how the normal functioning of the brain and how disturbances in this signal can give rise to neurological and ...