Encapsulation of Steinernematid and Heterorhabditid Nematodes with Calcium Alginate: A New Approach for Insect Control and Other Applications
作者:
Harry K. Kaya,
C. E. Nelsen,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 5
页码: 572-574
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1093/ee/14.5.572
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
The entomogenous nematodesSteinernema feltiaeFilipjev (=Neoaplectana carpocapsaeWeiser) andHeterorhabditis heliothidis(Khan, Brooks&Hirschmann) were encapsulated in calcium alginate and fed to larvae ofSpodoptera exigua(Hübner) in petri dishes. While feeding on the capsules, the larvae released the nematodes. When moisture was present, larval mortality was nearly 100%, but little or no mortality occurred when free moisture was not present.S. feltiaein the capsules survived for 8 months with no detectable loss in survivability or infectivity when stored at 4°C. Capsules coated with a lipid membrane were completely desiccated at 50% RH with no nematode survivors, but at 72% RH, 71.2% of the nematodes were alive after 24 h. Potential use of the capsules containing these nematodes for insect control is discussed.
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