SIMPLE INVIVO PRODUCTION AND STORAGE METHODS FOR STEINERNEMA-CARPOCAPSAE INFECTIVE JUVENILES

Methods are described for standardized in vivo production, rapid harve st, and storage, in a concentrated form, of infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae Mexican strain Kap ow selection. Nematodes were stored in nematode wool configurations, c onsisting of mats of intertwined infective juveniles. Freshly harveste d nematodes are readily available in adequate quantities for laborator y and small-scale field evaluations as well as cottage industry produc tion.