Review Article
Pathogens Associated with Sugarcane Borers, Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): A Review
Table 4
Entomopathogenic-nematode bioassays on Diatraea spp.
| Host specie | Pathogen | Bioassay | Result | Reference |
| | Steinernema feltiae [Neoaplectana carpocapsae] | | 100% mortality with 5000 nematodes/larvae
| | Diatraea saccharalis | Heterorhabditis heliothidis | Several concentrations for all species | 100% mortality with 5000 nematodes/larvae | Sosa et al., 1993 [42] | | S. glaseri | | 30% mortality with 5000 nematodes/larvae | | Diatraea saccharalis | S. feltiae S. rarum Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 500 IJs/5 larvae in Petri dishes with two moistened filter papers disks | Adults and IJs produced. Larval mortality >90% | De Doucet et al., 1999 [43] | Diatraea saccharalis | H. bacteriophora JPM4 isolated from soil in Larvae MG, Brazil | Larvae were exposed to 25 5 IJs/100 L for 48 h in sand-filled Petri dishes | 100% larval mortality within 5 days. LT50 2.1 d and LT95 4.4 d | Molina et al., 2007 [44] | Diatraea saccharalis | Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 500 mL/L applied to larvae | 93% of larvae mortality | Aguila et al., 2008 [45] |
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