Compatibility of Indigenous Entomopathogenic Nematodes with Entomopathogenic Fungi

摘要

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and fungi are micro parasites of many insect pests of crops. Combination of entomopathogenic nematodes with other naturally occurring enemies of the pest may be an avenue to establish nematode use in the pest management system at reduced cost. But these combinations have some limitations such as species or strains used and timing of the initial infections of the two micro-parasites. A laboratory experiment was conducted to assess the combined effectiveness of local isolates of Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis indica against Galleria mellonella larvae previously exposed to local isolates of Beauveria bassiana, Nomuraea releyi and Lecanicillium sp.