Several slug species are highly pestiferous and threaten global sustainable agriculture.
Current control methods rely heavily on metaldehyde pellets, which are often ineffective …

Invertebrate pests pose a significant threat to food security on the African continent. In
response, South Africa has become one of the largest importers of chemical pesticides in …

Simple Summary Terrestrial molluscs (slugs and snails) pose a major threat to agriculture,
causing severe yield losses in a wide range of crops worldwide. The limited number of …

Recently, much attention has been focused on a group of rhabditid nematodes called
Phasmarhabditis, a junior synonym of Pellioditis, as a promising source of biocontrol agents …

Phasmarhabditis quinamensis sp. n. was recovered from several tropical terrestrial
gastropod species collected in Cat Tien National Park in southern Vietnam with the snail …

A new species of Phasmarhabditis was isolated from the slug, Polytoxon robustum, from
Nairobi, Kenya. The nematode was identified using morphological, morphometric, molecular …

Three species of Phasmarhabditis were recovered from 75 nurseries and garden centers in
28 counties in California during fall and winter 2012–2021. A total of 18 mollusk species …

A new nematode species of the genus Phasmarhabditis was isolated from the body surface
of a slug (Philomycus bilineatus Benson, PB). Morphological and molecular analyses …

During a survey for mollusc-associated nematodes in South Africa, a new Phasmarhabditis
species was isolated from the invasive slug, Deroceras reticulatum, collected from a nursery …

Worldwide interest in Phasmarhabditis originates from the successful commercialisation of
P. hermaphrodita as a biological control agent against molluscs in Europe. To date, P …