Abstract During 2002-2004, a survey of entomopathogenic nematodes was conducted for
the first time in Iran throughout the three provinces in the north-west of the country. Soil
samples were tested for the presence of steinernematid and heterorhabditid nematodes by
baiting with Galleria mellonella larvae. Of the 833 soil samples studied 27 were positive for
entomopathogenic nematodes (3.2%), with 17 (2.0%) containing Heterorhabditis and ten
(1.2%) Steinernema isolates. Morphological and molecular studies were carried out to …

A survey of entomopathogenic nematodes was conducted in Damascus countryside from
January 2011 to December 2013. Soil samples were tested for the presence of
steinernematid and heterorhabditid nematodes by baiting with Galleria mellonella larvae. Of
the 189 soil samples studied 17 were positive for entomopathogenic nematodes (9%), with
11 of these positive samples (65%) containing Heterorhabditis and 6 (35%) Steinernema
isolates. Morphological studies were carried out to characterize eight isolates. The …