Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser)

(=Neoaplectana carpocapsae, DD-136)

 

Taxonomic position

Nematoda: Rhabditida: Steinernematidae

Year of introduction

1980

Source

Czechoslovakia

Target pest

Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)

Crops

Host polyphagous on several crops

Present status

Established

Reference

 

Singh, S.P. 1994. Fifteen years of AICRP on biological control. Project Directorate of Biological Control (ICAR), Bangalore, India. Technical Bulletin No. 8, 323 p.