Nematode Information » Dorcadion pseudopreissi http://nematodeinformation.com a blog about insect and plant parasitic nematodes Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Use an entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora to control long-horned beetle, Dorcadion pseudopreissi infesting turf. http://nematodeinformation.com/use-an-entomopathogenic-nematode-heterorhabditis-bacteriophora-to-control-long-horned-beetle-dorcadion-pseudopreissi-infesting-turf http://nematodeinformation.com/use-an-entomopathogenic-nematode-heterorhabditis-bacteriophora-to-control-long-horned-beetle-dorcadion-pseudopreissi-infesting-turf#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:54:59 +0000 Ganpati Jagdale http://nematodeinformation.com/?p=822 The application of an entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora at the rate of 0.5 million infective juveniles per square meter can significantly reduce the population of Dorcadion pseudopreissi infesting turf grass (Lolium perenne) in the field (Susurluk et al. (2011).

Read following papers for more information.

Susurluk, I.A., Kumral, N.A., Bilgili, U. and Acikgoz, E. 2011. Control of a new turf pest, Dorcadion pseudopreissi (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. Journal of Pest Science 84: 321-326.

Susurluk, I.A., Kumral, N.A., Peters, A., Bilgili, U. and Acikgoz, E. 2009.  Pathogenicity, reproduction and foraging behaviours of some entomopathogenic nematodes on a new turf pest, Dorcadion pseudopreissi (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 19: 585-594.

]]> http://nematodeinformation.com/use-an-entomopathogenic-nematode-heterorhabditis-bacteriophora-to-control-long-horned-beetle-dorcadion-pseudopreissi-infesting-turf/feed 0 Susceptibility of longicorn beetle (Dorcadion pseudopreissi) to entomopathogenic nematodes http://nematodeinformation.com/susceptibility-of-longicorn-beetle-dorcadion-pseudopreissi-to-entomopathogenic-nematodes http://nematodeinformation.com/susceptibility-of-longicorn-beetle-dorcadion-pseudopreissi-to-entomopathogenic-nematodes#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:24:28 +0000 Ganpati Jagdale http://nematodeinformation.com/?p=330 Recently, it has been reported that a new insect pest of turf called longicorn beetle (Dorcadion pseudopreissi) was susceptible to three species entomopathogenic nematodes including Steinernema carpocapsae, S. feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora under laboratory condition. The results of this study suggests that the entomopathogenic nematodes have a potential to use as biological control agents against longicorn beetles (Susurluk et al., 2009).

Susurluk, I.A., Kumral, N.A., Peters, A., Bilgili, U. and Acikgoz, E. 2009. Pathogenicity, reproduction, and foraging behaviours of some entomopathogenic nematodes on a new turf pest,

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