STUDY ON APPLICATION OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES OF, i>STEINERNEMA BIBIONIS AND S. FELTIAE TO CONTROL ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS AND HOLCOCERUS INSULARIS
- Received Date: 1987-12-20
- Available Online: 2012-12-04
Abstract: The paper presents the results of utilization of entomopathogenic nematodes for controlling the long-horn beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, and carpenter-worm, Holcocerus insularis. The mortality of the beetle infected by various strains of Steinernema bibionis reached 61-94%. The mortality of the carpenter-worm infected by S. feltiae was as high as 99.8%. Nematodes breeded very well in dead hosts. The results indicated the entomopathogenic nematode might become an effective bio-control agent to control certain wood borers.