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The potential of entomopathogens in biological control of white grubs

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11312/
https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2018.1524183
10.1080/09670874.2018.1524183
 
Title The potential of entomopathogens in biological control of white grubs
 
Creator Chandel, R S
Soni, S
Vashisth, S
Pathania, M
Mehta, P K
Rana, A
Bhatnagar, A
Agrawal, V K
 
Subject Plant Pathology
Entomology
 
Description White grubs are highly polyphagous and most destructive soil pests inflicting damage to a wide variety of crops. In India, more than 1000 species of white grubs are known of which over 40 species attack wide range of plants. White grubs are naturally infected by various entomopathogens which include fungi, bacteria and nematodes. Entomopathogenic fungi offer great potential and members of genera Beauveria and Metarhizium are widely used against white grubs. Several commercial products of entomopathogenic fungi like Bio Green, ORY-X, Grub X 10G, Betel, Biotrol FMA and Meta-Guard have been developed for the control of white grubs. In India, good control of white grubs in paddy, ginger and sugarcane has been achieved with different entomofungi. Among EPNs, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora is moderately effective against Popillia japonica and Rhizotrogus majalis. H. indica and H. bacteriophora are effective against potato white grubs in India. Paenibacillus popilliae cause milky disease in P. japonica grubs. The bacterium is pathogenic to Holotrichia consanguinea, H. serrata and Leucopholis lepidophora. In north-western Himalaya, B. cereus is highly toxic to the grubs of H. seticollis and Anomala dimidiata.
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11312/1/Thepotentialofentomopathogensinbiologicalcontrolofwhitegrubs.pdf
Chandel, R S and Soni, S and Vashisth, S and Pathania, M and Mehta, P K and Rana, A and Bhatnagar, A and Agrawal, V K (2019) The potential of entomopathogens in biological control of white grubs. International Journal of Pest Management (TSI), 65 (4). pp. 348-362. ISSN 0967-0874