Biocontrol Potential of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Heterorhabditis and Steinernema Against Second Instar Grub of White grub, Leucopholis lepidophora (Blanchard)

S. Bharathi, P. B. Mohite

Abstract: The effectiveness of two entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) viz. , Heterorhabditis indica strain NBAII-104 and Steinernema carpocapsae strain NBAII-04 against second instar grubs of L. lepidophora (Blanchard) under pot culture experiment. At aconcentration of 450 IJs ml-1, H. indica recorded highest mortality (87.60 %) at 15 DAT. While, S. carpocapsae recorded 54.05 per cent grub mortality at 450 IJs ml-1 at 15 DAT. We concluded that the NBAII-104 strain of H. indica was most virulent against second instar grubs of L. lepidophora.

Keywords: entomopathogenic nematodes, H indica, S carpocapsae, white grub, L lepidophora, second instar larva

How to Cite?: S. Bharathi, P. B. Mohite, "Biocontrol Potential of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Heterorhabditis and Steinernema Against Second Instar Grub of White grub, Leucopholis lepidophora (Blanchard)", Volume 4 Issue 10, October 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 908-909, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SUB154889, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SUB154889