Mortality and Pathogenic Properties of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar 1976) From Nematop Biopreparation After Contact With an Insecticide

Abstract

The effect of Baycidal WP 25 insecticide on the mortality of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) Heterorhabditis bacteriophora from Nematop biopreparation was studied under laboratory conditions. The invasive larvae were kept in aquatic solutions of different concentrations of Baycidal WP 25. The concentration of 0.0013 g/cm3 of insecticide (recommended by the manufacturer) unfavourably affected the survival of IJs. Moreover, it was found that their mortality was the lowest in the highest concentrations of Baycidal WP 25, except for the control group. In this study the effect of different concentrations of Baycidal WP 25 on pathogenic properties of entomopathogenic nematodes was also analysed.