Environmental Entomology (1993) 22, 595-600

P.C. Schroeder, M.G. Villani, C.S. Ferguson, J.P. Nyrop and E.J. Shields (1993)
Behavioral interactions between Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) grubs and an entomopathogenic nematode (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae) within turf microcosms
Environmental Entomology 22 (3), 595-600
Abstract: Distribution of Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, grubs and dispersal of an entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar 'Oswego' strain (an isolate from New York state), were examined for 5 wk within soil-filled flats containing grass. Japanese beetle grubs uniformly dispersed to all sections of the flats not infested with H. bacteriophora 'Oswego' strain. In flats infested with H. bacteriophora 'Oswego' strain, however, greater proportions of Japanese beetle grubs were recovered in sections near the nematode release site or center sections of the flats. H. bacteriophora 'Oswego' strain dispersed to all sections of the flats but dispersed more rapidly within the flats infested with Japanese beetle grubs than in flats not infested with Japanese beetle grubs.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jan P. Nyrop

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
population dynamics/ epidemiology
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution
population dynamics/epizootiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Popillia japonica
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora/Photorhabdus (entomopathogen)	Popillia japonica