Journal of Pest Science (2009) 82, 289-294

M.M.E. Saleh, K.A.A. Draz, M.A. Mansour, Mona A. Hussein and M.F.M. Zawrah (2009)
Controlling the sugar beet beetle Cassida vittata with entomopathogenic nematodes
Journal of Pest Science 82 (3), 289-294
Abstract: Sugar beet, Beta vulgaris L. is a strategic crop of sugar industry in Egypt. It is threatened by several insect pests among most important of them is the beet beetle Cassida vittata. This work deals with the biological control of this insect using four Egyptian and imported entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs). The nematodes included Steinernema carpocapsae S2, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora S1, S. feltiae and H. bacteriophora (1-3). Daily mortality of larvae, pupae and adults of C. vittata were recorded after treatment with serial concentrations (from 500 to 4,000 infective juveniles/ml) of each of four studied EPNs. Development of nematodes in insect bodies was followed up. S. carpocapsae S2 was chosen for the application against different stages of the pest in a sugar beet field. In the field, single application of S. carpocapsae S2 killed 65% of the larvae, 92% of the pupae and 57.3% of the adults of C. vittata within a week. This work is the first report on using the EPNs to control sugar beet beetle.
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Database assignments for author(s): Mona A. Hussein

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
evaluation - screening - selection

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cassida vittata	Beet/sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris)	Egypt
Steinernema carpocapsae/Xenorhabdus nematophila (entomopathogen)	Cassida vittata	Beet/sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris)	Egypt