Abstract Background The codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella (L). (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is an important pest of apple in Turkey and other producing countries the world. Several control methods are available for reducing populations. Entomopathogenic nematode (EPNs), example, can be used as a potential alternative to chemical insecticides larvae soil eco-friendly management their hosts that ...

The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is one of the most serious insect pests plants. Current control strategies for T. primarily involve use insecticides, but increasing resistance in field populations has prompted research on alternative measures. Biological with entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) can be an or component Integrated Pest Management programme. In foliar appli...

Temperature gradient fluctuations that occur naturally as a result of heating and cooling of the soil surface were reproduced within 15-cm-d, 15-cm-long acrylic tubes filled with moist sand. Sunny and rainy periods during the late summer in eastern Texas were simulated. Five ecologically different nematode species were adapted to fluctuating temperatures for 20-36 hours at a simulated depth of ...

Abstract Background The weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus) , and M. hebetatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) form a complex of important pests plantain crops, causing crop losses over 60%. Using synthetic insecticides to control these insects has not been efficient; for this reason, the present study searched using entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) nema...

Abstract Background Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have the potential to supersede larvicidal activity for management of various insect pests. Result Lab experiments were conducted test pathogenicity 2 EPNs local species; Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora at different (IJs/cm ) concentrations against cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae (L.). The native isolate was obtaine...