Review Article

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Agriculture and Its Role in Maintaining Ecological Balance and Biodiversity

Table 7

List of some important nematode species and their target organisms [97].

S. no.Nematode speciesHost

1.Steinernema riobraveCitrus root weevils (Diaprepes species) mole crickets
2.Heterorhabditis marelatusWhite grubs (scarabs), cutworms, and black vine weevil
3.Heterorhabditis megidisWeevils
4.Steinernema scapterisciMole crickets (Scapteriscus)
5.Steinernema feltiaeFungus gnats (Bradysia), western flower thrips, and shore flies
6.Steinernema glaseriScarab beetle, white grubs (Japanese beetle, Popillia species), and banana root borer,
7.HeterorhabditisbacteriophoraBlack vine weevils, cutworms, corn rootworms, white grubs (scarabs), flea beetles, and citrus root weevils (Diaprepes species)
8.Heterorhabditis indicaFungus gnats, root mealy bugs, and grubs
9.Steinernema krausseiBlack vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)
10.Heterorhabditis zealandicaScarab grubs
11.Steinernema carpocapsaeBillbugs, sod webworms, banana moths, dogwood borer orchard pests, armyworms, chinch bugs, cutworms, crane flies, ornamental and codling moths, cranberry girdler peach tree borer, and other clearwing borer species, black vine weevil and shore flies (Scatella species)