2022 · Fungi & microbial control
Biocontrol potential of native entomopathogenic nematodes against coconut rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions
M. Sujithra, M. Rajkumar, Priyank Hanuman Mhatre, Govindharaj Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi
CRB research
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Tests three native insect-parasitic nematode isolates against second-instar CRB larvae in laboratory experiments in India. Mortality varied with nematode species, exposure and dose; the study identifies candidates for further evaluation.
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Laboratory mortality is not field-level palm protection. This paper tests nematodes, not a combined fungi–nematode treatment, and does not establish permitted organisms or application methods in Hawaiʻi.
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