Folia entomologica hungarica

Author(s): Chyzik, R., Glazer, I. & Klein, M.
Title: Susceptibility of western flower thrips [Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)] to different entomopathogenic nematode species
Year: 1996
Volume: 57
Pages: 27-32.

Abstract: Subsceptibility of the prepupal and pupal stages of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, (WFT) to five species on strains of the entomopathogenetic nematodes of the families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae: Steinernema riobravis, S. feltiae, stains HP88 and IS5 were tested in the laboratory. Although all tested nematodes controlled WFT, the were differences among their efficiency. The heterorabditid nematode H. bacteriophora, strain HP88 showed a high virulence to the soilinhabiting WFT stages. The steinernematid nematodes S. riobravis and S. feltiae, strain Ger. and UK demonstrated only a slight effect on prepupal and pupal populations of WFT, whereas H. bacteriophora, strain IS 5 was the least virulent of all. A possible reason for such species variation is herein suggested and discussed.

Journal: Folia entomologica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.
ISSN: 0373-9465
Publisher: ,
Editor(s): Mahunka, S.