DISTRIBUTION AND PREVALENCE OF THE ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE STEINERNEMA-FELTIAE IN SCOTLAND

Authors
BOAG B NEILSON R GORDON SC
Citation
B. Boag et al., DISTRIBUTION AND PREVALENCE OF THE ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE STEINERNEMA-FELTIAE IN SCOTLAND, Annals of Applied Biology, 121(2), 1992, pp. 355-360
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Annals of Applied Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034746
Volume
121
Issue
2
Year of publication
1992
Pages
355 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4746(1992)121:2<355:DAPOTE>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The distribution of insect parasitic nematodes in Scotland was investi gated between April 1988 and April 1989 using the wax moth, Galleria m ellonella, larvae as bait. Of the 1014 samples examined only 2.2% were found to be positive and all the nematodes recovered and identified b elonged to the one species Steinemema feltiae. A more detailed investi gation into the distribution of S. feltiae in a 1 ha block indicated t hat it had a very aggregated distribution.