Nematode Information » longicorn beetle http://nematodeinformation.com a blog about insect and plant parasitic nematodes Thu, 17 May 2012 01:25:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 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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