Name: Field Applications Related to Insect and Plant Parasitic Nematodes
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Author: Sabbour, Magda
ISBN: 9786206160656

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Field Applications Related to Insect and Plant Parasitic Nematodes

Type

Physical Book

Author

Magda Sabbour

Publisher

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Language

English

Pages

116

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x0.7 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9786206160656

Synopsis "Field Applications Related to Insect and Plant Parasitic Nematodes"

Chemical nematicides have been employed with varying degrees of success, but their implementation can be cumbersome, and furthermore they could potentially be neutralizing an otherwise positive effect from the entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) that coexist with PPNs in soil environments and provide protection for plants against insect pests. Recent research has explored the potential of employing EPNs to protect plants from PPNs, while providing their standard degree of protection against insects. The interactions involved are highly complex, due to both the three-organism system and the assortment of variables present in a soil environment, but a strong collection of evidence has accumulated regarding the suppressive capacity of certain EPNs and their mutualistic bacteria, in the context of limiting the infectivity. Specific factors produced by certain EPN complexes during the process of insect infection appear to have a selectively nematicidal, or at least repellant, effect on PPNs. Using this information, an opportunity has formed to adapt this relationship to large-scale, field conditions and potentially relieve the agricultural industry of one of its most substantial burdens.