Method for controlling plant parasitic nematodes through Oscheius niazii, an entomopathogenic nematodes.

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for controlling the plant parasitic nematodes through application of an effective amount of new entomopathogenic nematode Oscheius niazii. The process comprising steps dissolving at the rate of 5x10 6 and 5x10 8 Infective stage juveniles / ml with five replicates for each treatment (Ar A4; (^-64) on population of plant parasitic nematodes of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) was evaluated in microplot. Equally toxic to plant parasitic nematodes causing more than 60 % suppression in total population of. PPN within 15-30 days of inoculation. The populations of plant parasitic nematode genera viz., Tylenchorhynchus and Pratylenchus were significantly, reduced 30 days after treatment / Free-living soil nematodes were not affected by this treatment. This is the first report of managing the’ population of plant parasitic nematode^by live and dead entomopathogenic nematodes in Pakistan.