Additional data and first record of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema weiseri from Turkey

Nematology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 739-741

  Unlu, Isik O ^a,b   Ehlers, Ralf Udo ^a   Susurluk, Alper ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross breeding; Molecular; New record; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; NEW RECORD; PATHOGENICITY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

STEINERNEMA WEISERI;

EID: 34748922918     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854107782024857     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. ABBOTT, W.S. (1925). A method for computing the effectiveness of an insecticide. Journal of Economic Entomology 18, 265-267.
2. BEDDING, R.A. & AKHURST, R.J. (1975). A simple technique for the detection of insect parasitic nematodes in soil. Nematologica 21, 109-110.
3. DYE, D.W. (1968). A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia: I. The "amylovora group". New Zealand Journal of Science 11, 590-607.
4. GREWAL, P.S., EHLERS, R.-U. & SHAPIRO- ILAN, D.I. (2005). Nematodes as biocontrol agents. Wallingford, UK, CABI Publishing, 505 pp.
5. HAZIR, S., STOCK, S.P. & KESKIN, N. (2003). A new entomopathogenic species Steinernema anatoliense (Steinernematidae) from Turkey. Systematic Parasitology 55, 211-220.
6. IRAKI, N., SALAH, N., SANSOUR, M.A., SEGAL, D., GLAZER, I., JOHNGK, S.-A., HUSSEIN, M.A. & EHLERS, R.-U. (2000). Isolation and characterisation of two entomopathogenic nematode strains, Heterorhabditis indica (Nematoda, Rhabditida), from the West Bank, Palestinian Territories. Journal of Applied Entomology 124, 375-380.
7. KEPENEKCI, I. (2002). Entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida) in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. Nematologia Mediterranea 30, 13-16.
8. KEPENEKCI, I. & SUSURLUK, A. (2000). A new entomopathogenic nematode species for Turkey: Heterorhabditis marelatus Liu and Berry, 1996. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Science 6, 59-64.
9. KEPENEKCI, I. & SUSURLUK, I.A. (2003). Three entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida) from Turkey. Pakistan Journal of Nematology 21, 19-23.
10. MRÁČEK, Z., STURHAN, D. & REID, A. (2003). Steinernema weiseri n. sp. (Rhabditida, Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from Europe. Systematic Parasitology 56, 37-47.
11. OZER, N., KESKIN, N. & KIRBAS, Z. (1995). Occurrence of entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae) in Turkey. Nematologica 41, 639-640.
12. REID, A.P. & HOMINICK, W.M. (1998). Molecular taxonomy of Steinernema by RFLP analysis of the ITS region of the ribosomal DNA repeat unit. In: Abad, P., Burnell, A., Laumond, C., Boemare, N. & Coudert, F. (Eds). COST 819 Entomopathogenic nematodes - genetic and molecular biology of entomopathogenic nematodes. Luxembourg, European Community, pp. 87-93.
13. STATISTICA (1991). Complete Statistical System. Tulsa, OK, USA, Statsoft.
14. STOCK, S.P. & HUNT, D.J. (2005). Morphology and systematics of nematodes used in biocontrol. In: Grewal, P.S., Ehlers, R.-U. & Shapiro-Ilan, D.I. (Eds). Nematodes as biocontrol agents. Wallingford, UK, CABI Publishing, pp. 3-43.
15. STRAUCH, O., STOESSEL, S. & EHLERS, R.-U. (1994). Culture conditions define automictic or amphimictic reproduction of entomopathogenic rhabditid nematodes of the genus Heterorhabditis. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 17, 575-582.
16. SUSURLUK, A., DIX, I., STACKEBRANDT, E., STRAUCH, O., WYSS, U. & EHLERS, R.-U. (2001). Identification and ecological characterisation of three entomopathogenic nematode-bacterium complexes from Turkey. Nematology 3, 833-841.
17. VRAIN, T.C., WAKARCHUK, D.A., LEVESQUE, A.C. & HAMILTON, R.I. (1992). Intraspecific rDNA restriction fragment length polymorphism in the Xiphinema americanum group. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 15, 536-573.