Management of Lepidopteran Insect Pests through Entomopathogenic Nematodes: An Overview

CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS WITH ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES I. Control of Weevils with Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Entomopathogenic nematodes in the genus Steinernema and Heterorhabditis have been successfully commercialized as biological control agents for a variety of curculionid species. Nematode-based products have been introduced for: 1) root weevils, Otiorhynchus spp. 2) billbugs, Sphenophorus spp. 3) the apopka weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, and 4) the citrus root weevil, Pachnaeus litus. Several oth...

Collection of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for the Biological Control of Insect Pests

The demand for biological control agents is increasing all over the world. In many cases, however, research can not keep up with the expectations of growers. To elaborate a new biological control technique, many species and strains of potential control organisms have to be evaluated. In Hungary, the lack of detailed and reliable biogeographic data and the lack of a usable strain collection seri...

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Entomopathogenic nematodes against foliage feeding crucifer pests in the tropics

Use of entomopathogenic nematodes against foliage pests is commonly perceived to be limited by their tolerance to temperature, desiccation and UV radiation. The effect of these abiotic factors on the infective juveniles (ijs) of two isolates of Steinernema spp. (SSL85), two isolates of Steinernema spp. (M87), Heterorhabditis n.sp. and H. indicus recovered from selected sites within Peninsular M...

Biopesticides from Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Karimipour Fard H. and Saeidi K. 2019. Biopesticides from entomopathogenic nematodes   Plant Pathology Science 8(1): 60-73. DOI: 10.2982/PPS.8.1.60.   In the recant decade, biopesticides with entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have been developed with using different methods and materials. But the production of such biopesticides has always accompanied by some limitations such as low quality o...