BACKGROUND Biological control of gastrointestinal nematodes of ruminants by use of nematophagous fungi would become part of any livestock parasite integral control system. Identifying autochthonous species that could then be selected for mass production is an important phase in the practical use of biological control. AIMS To search for nematophagous fungi with potential use as biological con...

Extraction and isoenzyme analysis of four isolates of Arthrobotrys including A. musiformis, A. robusta and A. conoides were conducted. Among the 14 enzymes studied by starch gel electrophoresis, using morpholine-citrate as gel/electrode buffer, the following nine enzymes showed interpretable banding patterns: alpha-esterase, fumarase, hexokinase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, leucine aminopeptidase...

Seventeen saccharides were tested for their ability to bind to the trap lectins of three species of nematode-trapping fungi and prevent nematode capture. The lectin of Arthrobotrys conoides was found to be inhibited by alpha-d-glucose/d-mannose and similar saccharides. The lectins of Monacrosporium eudermatum and Monacrosporium rutgeriensis were inhibited by alpha-l-fucose and 2-deoxy-d-glucose...

Insufficient nutrient and pest infection are two major predicaments for low crop yield in agriculture. Nematodes, a most infectious parasite pest in plants responsible for major yield loss. Chemical phosphate fertilizer made large reserves of it in soil, but part of it is made available to the plants because of irreversible fixation of it with divalent cation. In the present study, Arthrobotrys...

culture filtrates (cf) of two species of the nematophagous fungi, arthrobotrys oligospora and arthrobotrys conoidesat three concentrations (25%, 50% and 100%) of stock, were tested on the mortality of second stage juveniles (j2) and egg hatching rate of meloidogyne incognita and meloidogyne javanica. results showed that the percent juvenile mortality was directly proportional to concentration o...