EFFECTS OF PESTA-PELLETIZED STEINERNEMA-CARPOCAPSAE (ALL) ON WESTERN CORN ROOTWORMS AND COLORADO POTATO BEETLES

Authors
NICKLE WR CONNICK WJ CANTELO WW
Citation
Wr. Nickle et al., EFFECTS OF PESTA-PELLETIZED STEINERNEMA-CARPOCAPSAE (ALL) ON WESTERN CORN ROOTWORMS AND COLORADO POTATO BEETLES, Journal of nematology, 26(2), 1994, pp. 249-250
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of nematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022300X
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
249 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-300X(1994)26:2<249:EOPS(O>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Pesta-pelletized Steinernema carpocapsae (All) nematodes were used in soil treatments in the greenhouse against larvae of Western corn rootw orm and prepupae of Colorado potato beetle. The pesta-pellets delivere d 100,000 living nematodes/g. Infective-stage nematodes and their asso ciated bacteria survived the pesta-pellet process, emerged from the pe llets in large numbers in the soil, and reduced adult emergence of bot h pest insects by more than 90%.