Pathogenicity of Steinernema scapterisci to Selected Invertebrates

Authors

  • K. B. Nguyen
  • G. C. Smart, Jr.

Abstract

Steinernema scapterisci was more pathogenic to insects tested in the order Orthoptera than to those in the orders Lepidoptera or Hymenoptera; it was not pathogenic to earthworms. The nematode also infected and killed the mole crickets Scapteriscus acletus and S. vicinus when released four successive times at 10-day intervals in containers of soil infested with the nematode. Key words: biological control, entomopathogenic nematode, mole cricket, Scapteriscus, Steinernema scapterisci.

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Published

1991-01-15

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