Entomopathogenic nematodes in the soil environment: distributions, interactions and the influence of biotic and abiotic factors

RJ Stuart, ME Barbercheck, PS Grewal - Nematode pathogenesis of …, 2015 - Springer
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in the families Steinernematidae and
Heterorhabditidae are important agents for the biological control of soil insect pests in …

Direct and indirect root defences of milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): trophic cascades, trade‐offs and novel methods for studying subterranean herbivory

S Rasmann, AC Erwin, R Halitschke… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Entomopathogenic nematodes can function as indirect defence for plants that are attacked
by root herbivores. By releasing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), plants signal the …

Population biology of entomopathogenic nematodes: concepts, issues, and models

RJ Stuart, ME Barbercheck, PS Grewal, RAJ Taylor… - Biological Control, 2006 - Elsevier
Entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) are lethal
obligatory parasites of insects and are found in soils throughout the world. The recognition …

[HTML][HTML] Entomopathogenic nematodes as a model system for advancing the frontiers of ecology

R Campos–Herrera, M Barbercheck, CW Hoy… - Journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in the families Heterorhabditidae and
Steinernematidae have a mutualistic–symbiotic association with enteric γ-Proteobacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and biological control of mosquitoes

CC Lord - Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Models can be useful at many different levels when considering complex issues
such as biological control of mosquitoes. At an early stage, exploratory models are valuable …

[PDF][PDF] Nematodes associated with bark beetles, with focus on the genus Ips (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in Central Europe

Š Grucmanová, J Holuša - Acta zoologica bulgarica, 2013 - researchgate.net
The relationships between nematodes and Ips spp. has been a neglected topic in central
Europe. This work summarizes available informations on entomophilic nematodes …

Applied issues with predators and predation: editor's introduction

SJ Ormerod - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The effects of predation are among the most pervasive in ecology. As
parasitoids, parasites, grazers or top carnivores, predators have large influences on the …

Host availability and the evolution of parasite life-history strategies

J Crossan, S Paterson, A Fenton - Evolution, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Parasites exploit an inherently patchy resource, their hosts, which are discrete entities that
may only be available for infection within a relatively short time window. However, there has …

Field evaluation of entomopathogenic nematodes for the biological control of the annual bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in …

BA McGraw, PJ Vittum, RS Cowles… - Biocontrol Science …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The ability of entomopathogenic nematodes to suppress larval populations of the annual
bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis, was investigated under field conditions over a 3 …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of entomopathogenic nematode species on the corn stalk borer (Sesamia cretica Led. Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at different temperatures

U Gözel, Ç Güneş - Turkish Journal of Entomology, 2013 - researchgate.net
Three Turkish strains of the entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae
(Adapazarı), S. feltiae (Çanakkale) and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Kırklareli), were …