Susceptibility of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and the Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa) to entomopathogenic nematodes
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2008-09
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Elsevier
Abstract
The potential of entomopathogenic nematodes, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Heterorhabditis zealandica
and Steinernema khoisanae, to infect pupariating larvae, pupae and adults of Ceratitis capitata and Ceratitis
rosa was investigated in laboratory bioassays. Pupariating larvae and adult flies were susceptible to nematode
infection, with no infection recorded for the pupae. Pupariating larvae of C. capitata were generally
more susceptible to infection than those of C. rosa. Significantly more larvae of C. capitata were infected
by H. bacteriophora. For C. rosa, highest infectivity of larvae was obtained with H. zealandica. In contrast,
adults of both species were highly infected by S. khoisanae.
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Keywords
Nematodes as biological pest control agents, Fruit-flies -- Biological control
Citation
Malan, A. P. & Manrakhan, A. 2008. Susceptibility of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and the Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa) to entomopathogenic nematodes. Journal of invertebrate Pathology, 100(2009), 47-49, doi:10.1016/j.jip.2008.09.007.