Mustard (Brassica and Sinapis spp.) green manures tilled into the soil preceding potato crops act as biofumigants that are toxic to plant–parasitic nematodes, providing an alternative to synthetic soil fumigants. However, it is not known whether mustard green manures also kill beneficial entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) that contribute to the control of pest insects. We used sentinel insect pr...

habditid nematodes of the Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae family are lethal to a broad range of economically important insect pests (Journey and Ostlie, 2000). Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) are often applied to sites and ecosystems that routinely receive other inputs that may interact with nematodes, including chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and soil amendments (De Nardo and Grewal,...

Chemical insecticides are intensively used in agriculture which cause negative effects on environmental sustainability by increasing pest tolerance and continuous action local fauna. In contrast to chemical insecticides, biological target specific pests, minimizing their impact the surrounding environment. However, most of natural available market expensive for farmers Central Asian region. Thi...

The citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is one of the major pests Citrus orchards in Turkey. Management P. quite challenging due to its cryptic and polyphagous feeding behavior. In current study, control potential native entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) species (Heterorhabditis indica 216-H, H. bacteriophora FLH-4H, Steinernema carpocapsae E-76, S. felt...

Wireworms are polyphagous soil-dwelling pests that hard to control. Attract-and-kill strategies, combining attractive semiochemicals with biocontrol agents, have great promise control insect pests. We hypothesized the combination of plant and entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in an attract-and-kill system could greatly enhance nematodes' efficiency against wireworms. evaluated potential alginat...