RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries (Sep 2010)

Reception of preparation of the entomopathogenic nematodes and the estimation of their efficiency

  • - Ahmed Mohamed Ali El Deeb

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 3
pp. 24 – 28

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Results about invasion activity of 3 kinds entomopathogenic nematodes from family Steinernema (S. feltiae, S. carpocapsae, S. glaseri ) concerning 2 pest insects of a cotton (cotton scoops Spodoptera littoralis and a cotton bug - Pectinophora gossypiella) and house fly (M. domestica) is analyzed. It is found that the greatest efficiency in the relation larvae stages of pests is S. feltiae. Pupae, in general, were less susceptible to nematode infestation.

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