Entomopathogenic nematodes, a case study: Introduction of Steinernema scapterisci in Florida

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-420

  Parkman, J P ^a   Smart Jr , G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

classical biological control; entomopathogenic nematode; mole crickets; Scapteriscus spp.; Steinernema scapterisci

Indexed keywords

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; SCAPTERISCUS; STEINERNEMA SCAPTERISCI; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 0030471551     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159631389     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. EHLER, L.E. (1990) Some contemporary issues in biological control of insects and their relevance to the use of entomopathogenic nematodes, in Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control (GAUGLER, R. & KAYA, H.K., Eds) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1-19.
2. FRANK, J.H., WALKER, T.J, & PARKMAN, J.P. (1996) The introduction, establishment, and spread of Ormia depleta in Florida. Biological Control 6, 368-377.
3. GREWAL, P.S., GAUGLER, R., KAYA, H.K. & WUSATY, M. (1993) Infectivity of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernematidae scapterisci (Nematoda: Steinernematidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 62, 22-28.
4. HUDSON, W.G. (1988) Field sampling of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscus: a comparison of techniques. Florida Entomologist 71, 214-216.
5. HUDSON, W.G. & NGUYEN, K.B. (1989a) Effects of soil moisture, exposure time, nematode age, and nematode density on infection of Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) by a Uruguayan Neoaplectana sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). Environmental Entomology 18, 719-722.
6. HUDSON, W.G. & NGUYEN, K.B. (1989b) Infection of Scapteriscus vicinus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) nymphs by Neoaplectana sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). Florida Entomologist 72, 383-384.
7. HUDSON, W.G. & SHORT, D.E. (1988) Mole crickets in Florida, in Turfgrass Research in Florida (FREEMAN, T.E., Ed.) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, pp. 97-110.
8. NGUYEN, K.B. & SMART, G.C., JR (1990) Steinernema scapterisci n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). Journal of Nematology 22, 187-199.
9. NGUYEN, K.B. & SMART, G.C., JR (1991) Pathogenicity of Steinernema scapterisci to selected invertebrates. Journal of Nematology 23, 7-11.
10. NICKLE, D.A. & CASTNER, J.L. (1984) Introduced species of mole crickets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 77, 450-465.
11. PARKMAN, J.P. & FRANK, J.H. (1992) Infection of sound-trapped male crickets, Scapteriscus spp., by Steinernema scapterisci. Florida Entomologist 75, 163-165.
12. PARKMAN, J.P. & FRANK, J.H. (1993) Use of a sound trap to inoculate Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) into pest mole cricket populations (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Florida Entomologist 76, 75-82.
13. PARKMAN, J.P., HUDSON, W.G., FRANK, J.H., NGUYEN, K.B. & SMART, G.C., JR (1993a) Establishment and persistence of Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) in field populations of Scapteriscus spp. mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Journal of Entomological Science 28, 182-190.
14. PARKMAN, J.P., FRANK, J.H., NGUYEN, K.B. & SMART, G.C., JR (1993b) Dispersal of Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) after inoculative applications for mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) control in pastures. Biological Control 3, 226-232.
15. PARKMAN, J.P., FRANK, J.H., NGUYEN, K.B. & SMART, G.C., JR (1994) Inoculative release of Steinernema scapterisci (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) to suppress pest mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) on golf courses. Environmental Entomology 23, 1331-1337.
16. SMART, G.C., JR & NGUYEN, K.B. (1994) Role of entomopathogenic nematodes in biological control, in Pest Management in the Subtropics. Biological Control - a Florida Perspective (ROSEN, D., BENNETT, F.D. & CAPINERA, J.L., Eds) Intercept Ltd, Andover, pp. 231-252.
17. SMART, G.C., JR., NGUYEN, K.B., PARKMAN, J.P. & FRANK, J.H. (1991) Biological control of mole crickets in the genus Scapteriscus with the nematode Steinernema scapterisci Nguyen & Smart, 1990, in Recontres Caraibes en Lutte Biologique (PAVIS, C. & KERMARREC, A., Eds) Les Colloques, no. 58, INRA, Paris, pp. 151-155.
18. WALKER, T.J. (1982) Sound traps for sampling mole cricket flights (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscus). Florida Entomologist 65, 105-110.
19. WALKER, T.J. & FRITZ, G.N. (1983) Migratory and local flights in mole crickets, Scapterscus spp. (Gryllotalpidae). Environmental Entomology 12, 953-958.
20. WALKER, T.J. & NICKLE, D.A. (1981) Introduction and spread of pest mole crickets: Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus reexamined. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 74, 158-163.