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JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 47-49Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.09.007
Keywords
Biological control; Ceratitis capitata; Ceratitis rosa; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Fruit fly; Heterorhabditis; Tephritidae
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- Deciduous Fruit Producers Trust
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The potential of entomopathogenic nematodes, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Heterorhabditis zealandica and Steinernema khoisanae, to infect pupariating larvae, Pupae and adults of Ceratitis capitata and Ceratitis rosa was investigated in laboratory bioassays. Pupariating larvae and adult flies were Susceptible to nematode infection, with no infection recorded for the pupae. Pupariating larvae of C. capitata were generally more susceptible to infection than those of C. torso. Significantly more larvae of C. capitata were infected by H. bacteriophora. For C. rosa, highest infectivity of larvae was obtained with H. zealandica. In contrast, adults of both species were highly infected by S. khoisanae. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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