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<p>Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) infect and kill insects and have been successfully used in the biological control of some insect pests. Slugs and snails are known to be significant pests of agriculture and serve as vectors for disease-causing microbes that can affect crops and humans. The potential of EPNs to be used in the biological control of gastropods has not been well-studied. The few studies that have been performed on the efficacy of EPNs in controlling gastropod pests and vectors were reviewed. Suggested criteria for further assessments of EPN-gastropod interactions are: Dose of EPNs used, length of infection assays, host biology, nematode biology and development, and Koch’s postulates. There are provocative data suggesting that EPNs may be useful biological control agents against gastropod pests of agriculture and vectors of disease, though additional studies using the suggested criteria are needed, including the publication of negative data or studies where EPNs were not efficacious or successful in controlling gastropods.</p>
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Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) infect and kill insects and have been successfully used in the biological control of some insect pests. Slugs and snails are known to be significant pests of agriculture and serve as vectors for disease-causing microbes that can affect crops and humans. The potential of EPNs to be used in the biological control of gastropods has not been well-studied. The few studies that have been performed on the efficacy of EPNs in controlling gastropod pests and vectors were reviewed. Suggested criteria for further assessments of EPN-gastropod interactions are: Dose of EPNs used, length of infection assays, host biology, nematode biology and development, and Koch’s postulates. There are provocative data suggesting that EPNs may be useful biological control agents against gastropod pests of agriculture and vectors of disease, though additional studies using the suggested criteria are needed, including the publication of negative data or studies where EPNs were not efficacious or successful in controlling gastropods.

<article-title xml:lang="en">Entomopathogenic nematode-gastropod interactions

Journal of Nematology

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Entomopathogenic nematode-gastropod interactions

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Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) infect and kill insects and have been successfully used in the biological control of some insect pests. Slugs and snails are...

Gastropod	EPN species tested	Cited literature
Bradybaena similaris	Heterorhabditis indica	Tunholi et al. (2014, 2017b)
Deroceras agreste	Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Steinernema carpocapsae Steinernema feltiae	Jaworska (1993)
Deroceras reticulatum	Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Heterorhabditis sp. Steinernema carpocapsae Steinernema feltiae	Jaworska (1993) and Wilson et al. (1994)
Lymnaea columella	Heterorhabditis baujardi	Tunholi et al. (2017a)
Oncomenia hupensis	Heterorhabditis heliothidis ^a Heterorhabditis heliothidis T327 ^a Steinernema bibionis ^a Steinernema glaseri Steinernema feltiae	Li et al. (1986)
Parmacella ibera	Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Steinernema carpocapsae Steinernema feltiae	Saeedizadeh and Niasti (2020)

Entomopathogenic nematode-gastropod interactions

Publié en ligne: 29 juin 2021

Pages: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-061

Mots clés
Biological control, Entomopathogenic nematode, Gastropod, Host-parasite interaction, Management, Methodology

© 2021 Jacob Schurkman et al., published by Sciendo.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Summarizes which EPN species have been tested on a variety of gastropod species.

Entomopathogenic nematode-gastropod interactions

Publié en ligne: 29 juin 2021

Pages: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-061

Mots clésBiological control, Entomopathogenic nematode, Gastropod, Host-parasite interaction, Management, Methodology

© 2021 Jacob Schurkman et al., published by Sciendo.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Summarizes which EPN species have been tested on a variety of gastropod species.

Mots clés
Biological control, Entomopathogenic nematode, Gastropod, Host-parasite interaction, Management, Methodology