title: Effect of entomopathogenic nematodes on Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
abstract: Entomopathogenic nematodes were screened for efficacy against the cottonwood borer, Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius). Steinernema feltiae SN and S. carpocapsae All killed 58 and 50% of larvae, respectively, in filter paper bioassays but less than 10% in diet cup bioassays. S. glaseri NJ, S. riobrave TX, and H. indica MG-13 killed less than 10% of larvae in both assays. H. marelata IN was ineffective in the diet cup bioassay and killed 12.9% of larvae in a filter paper bioassay. The nematode isolates we tested are not suitable for use as biological control agents against P. scalator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96822, USA.
authors.forename: Declan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fallon
authors.forename: Leellen F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Solter
authors.forename: Leah S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cate
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McManus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000502:physiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D014774:Virulence