Effect of osmotic desiccation on longevity and temperature tolerance of Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (nematoda: rhabditidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 434-438

  Grewal, Sukhbir K ^a   Grewal, Parwinder S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DESICCATION; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

GASTROPODA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDAE;

EID: 0038345085     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0434:EOODOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. BEDDING, R. A. 1984. Large scale production, storage and transport of the insect-parasitic nematodes Neoaplectana spp. and Heterorhabditis spp. Annals of Applied Biology 104: 117-120.
2. FINNEGAN, M. M., J. D. DOWNES, M. O'REGAN, AND C. T GRIFFIN. 1999. Effect of salt and temperature stresses on the survival and infection of Heterorhabditis spp. IJs. Nematology 1: 69-78.
3. GLAZER, I., N. LIRAN, AND Y. STEINBERGER. 1991. A survey of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida) in the Negev desert. Phytoparasitica 19: 291-300.
4. GLAZER, I., AND L. SALAME. 2000. Osmotic survival of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. Biological Control 18: 251-257.
5. GREWAL, P. S. 2000. Anhydrobiotic potential and long-term storage of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). International Journal of Parasitology 30: 995-1000.
6. -. 2002. Formulation and application technology. In Entomopathogenic nematology, R. Gaugler (ed.). CABI Publishing, Oxon, U.K., p. 265-287.
7. GREWAL, S. K., P. S. GREWAL, AND R. B. HAMMOND. 2003. Susceptibility of North American native and non-native slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) to Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 13: 119-125.
8. HARA, A. H., R. GAUGLER, H. K. KAYA, AND L. LEBECK. 1991. Natural populations of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae, Steinernematidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Environmental Entomology 20: 211-216.
9. HOWELL, J. F. 1979. New storage methods and improved trapping techniques for the parasitic nematode Neoaplectana carpocapsae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 33: 155-158.
10. KUSHIDA, T., Y. MAMIYA, AND J. MITSUHASHI. 1987. Pathogenicity of newly detected Steinernema sp. (Nematoda) to scarabaeid larvae injurious to tree seedlings. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 31: 144-149.
11. TAN, L., AND P. S. GREWAL. 2001a. Infection behavior of the rhabditid nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita to the grey garden slug Deroceras reticulatum. Journal of Parasitology 87: 1349-1354.
12. -, AND -. 2001b. Pathogenicity of Moraxella osloensis, a bacterium associated with a nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita to the slug, Deroceras reticulatum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67: 5010-5016.
13. -., AND -. 2002. Endotoxin activity of Moraxella osloensis against the grey garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 3943-3947.
14. THRUSTON, G. S., Y. NI, AND H. K. KAYA. 1994. Influence of salinity on survival and infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes. Journal of Nematology 26: 345-351.
15. WILSON, M. J., D. M. GLEN, AND S. K. GEORGE. 1993. The rhabditid nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita as a potential biological control agent for slugs. Biocontrol Science and Technology 3: 503-511.
16. -, -, -, AND R. C. BUTLER. 1993. Mass cultivation and storage of the rhabditid nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita, a biocontrol agent for slugs. Biocontrol Science and Technology 3: 513-521.