Biological control, the use of living organisms to control pest populations, dates from ancient
times (117, 127). However, 100 years have passed since Albert Koebele intentionally …

Although chemical insecticides have been the primary means of controlling soil insects for
many years, concerns about public safety, environmental contamination, and reduced …

Plants under attack by arthropod herbivores often emit volatile compounds from their leaves
that attract natural enemies of the herbivores. Here we report the first identification of an …

Although nearly 40 nematode families are associated with insects, very few of these
nematodes cause host mortality, and only two families, Steinernematidae and …

Soil, the natural habitat for entomopathogenic nematodes, varies greatly in chemical
composition and physical structure. It is a dynamic system in a continual state of flux …

Bacterial-feeding nematodes affect organic-matter decomposition in several ways. They
include: feeding on microbes and regulating the rate at which organic compounds are …

Soil temperature, moisture, and relative humidity (RH) effects on the survival and
pathogenicity of Steinernema carpocapsae and S. glaseri were tested in the laboratory …

Among the diversity of insect-parasitic nematodes, entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs)
are distinct, cooperating with insect-pathogenic bacteria to kill insect hosts. EPNs have …

The analysis of the functional diversity of soil nematodes requires detailed knowledge on
theoretical aspects of the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship in natural and …

Search behaviour of two entomopathogenic nematode species with different foraging
strategies was compared by measuring parameters of unrewarded search after contact with …