The life cycle of Steinernema abbasi and S. riobrave in Galleria mellonella

Nematology

Volumn 1, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 762-764

  Elawad, Sami A ^a   Gowen, Simon R ^a   Hague, Nigel G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Life cycle; Steinernema abbasi and S. riobrave

Indexed keywords

STEINERNEMA ABBASI; STEINERNEMA RIOBRAVIS;

EID: 0033492194     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854199508676     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. BEDDING, R.A. & AKHURST, R.J. (1975). A simple technique for the detection of insect pathogenic nematodes in soil. Nematologica 21, 109-110.
2. CABANILLAS, H.E. & RAULSTON, J.R. (1994). Pathogenicity of Steinernema riobravis n. sp. against corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Fundamental and Applied Nematology 17, 219-223.
3. ELAWAD, S.A. (1998). Studies on the taxonomy and the biology of a newly isolated species of Steinernema (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) from the tropics and its associated bacteria. PhD Thesis, The University of Reading, UK. 225 pp.
4. ELAWAD, S.A., ABBAS, M.S. & HAGUE, N.G.M. (1996). The establishment, reproduction and pathogenicity of a new species of Steinernema from the Sultanate of Oman. Afro-Asian Journal of Nematology 6, 40-45.
5. ELAWAD, S., AHMAD, W. & REID, A.P. (1997). Steinernema abbasi sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) from the Sultanate of Oman. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 20, 435-442.
6. DUTKY, S.R., THOMPSON, J.V. & CANTWELL, G.E. (1964). A technique for the mass production of the DD-136 nematode. Journal of Insect Pathology 6, 417-422.
7. GEORGIS, R. (1981). Studies on Neoaplectana carpocapsae in the web-spinning larch sawfly, Cephalcia lariciphila. PhD Thesis, University of Reading, UK. 180 pp.
8. GREWAL, P.S., SELVAN, S. & GAUGLER, R. (1994). Thermal adaptation of entomopathogenic nematodes: niche breadth for infection, establishment and reproduction. Journal of Thermal Biology 19, 245-253.
9. KAKOULI, T. (1995). Biological control of the black vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (F) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with entomopathogenic nematodes (Nematoda: Rhabditida). PhD Thesis, University of Reading, UK. 240 pp.
10. POINAR, G.O. JR. & KOZODI, E.M. (1988). Neoaplectana glaseri and N. anomali: sibling species or parallelism. Revue de Nématologie 11, 13-19.
11. RAULSTON, J.R., PAIR, S.D., LOERA, J. & CABANILLAS, H.E. (1992). Prepupal and pupal parasitism of Helicoverpa zea and Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Steinernema sp. in cornfields in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Journal of Economic Entomology 85, 1666-1670.
12. WHITE, G.F. (1927). A method for obtaining infective juveniles from cultures. Science 66, 302-303.
13. WOUTS, W.M. (1980). Biology, life cycle and redescription of Neoaplectana bibionis Bovien, 1937 (Nematoda: Steinernematidae). Journal of Nematology 12, 62-72.
14. ZERVOS, S., JOHNSON, S.C. & WEBSTER, J.M. (1991). Effect of temperature and inoculum size on reproduction and development of Heterorhabditis heliothidis and Steinernema glaseri (Nematoda: Rhabditoidea) in Galleria mellonella. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69, 1261-1264.