| Author(s): | de Doucet M.M.A., Giayetto A.L., Bertolotti M.A. |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Title: | Efficiency of the rapid technique to detect entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) in soil |
| Citation: | Nematologia Mediterranea. 26:(2) 139-143. in Italian; English summary. |
Abstract:
The efficiency of this rapid technique was evaluated to determine how many nematodes can be recovered when a single species is present in the soil and whether it permits the detection of more than one species. The soil was artificially infested with infective juveniles belonging to Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and/or Steinernema glaseri. The nematodes were recovered and quantified by manual dissection or enzymatic digestion. The use of the technique allows the detection of all the active infective juveniles when a single species is present, and indicates the presence of 2 species in the same sample with the results being obtained within 48 h |
