fighting a losing battle against the white grub (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infestation of
sugarcane crop. Pesticides have failed to address the problem as evident from the observed
infestation levels of 10–24 grubs/m2. During 2008–2014, the Division of Nematology, Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi launched a biocontrol project involving treatment
of the white grub-afflicted fields with entomopathogenie nematodes (EPNs)-infected Galleria …