Efficacy of the Entomopathogenic Nematodes; Steinernema riobravis Cabanillas and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Native strain) Against the Peach Fruit Fly, Bactrocer.a zonata (Saunders) and the Mediterranean Fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) [electronic resource].

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Susceptibility of different stages of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) and the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratilis capitata (Wiedemann) to the entomopathogenic nematodes; Steinernema riobravis Cabanillas and Heterorlwbditis bacteriophora (native strain) was measured under laboratory conditions. Both insects were more susceptible to H. bacleriophora than to S. riobravis at all tested stages. Effect of mixing some natural nutrients with the infective juveniles on their pathogenicity when introduced to adult flies was investigated.

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