Grujiċ, N., Graora, D., Nježić, B., Bosančić, B., & Tarasco, E. 2021 Virulence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Three Soft Scale Insect Species. Redia 104: 193-197

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biological control

natural enemies

Notes: Virulence of commercial strains of entomopathogenic nematode (EPN) Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser), Steinernema feltiae Filipjev and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae, Heterorhab-ditidae), were tested on young females of Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, Partenolecanium corni (Bouché) and Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) and a native strain of H. bacteriophora was tested on citricola scale, C. pseudomagnoliarum.