1Department of Entomology, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh, India
2Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, CSKHimachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur, India
*Corresponding author: entomologist2018@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8087-7934)
Online published on 3 September, 2022.
Two years the random roving survey was conducted for occurrence and crop-wise distribution pattern of Entomopathogenic Nematode (EPN) in Solan and Sirmour districts of Himachal Pradesh under the Nematology Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, -173230, Himachal Pradesh, India, Sirmour during 2019-2020. Total 225 soil samples were collected from all Solan and Sirmaur districts, of which 68 samples were found EPN positive. The percent occurrence of Steinernema and Heterorhabditis was 27.03 % and 27.45 %, respectively. The maximum frequency of occurrence (56 %) was recorded from Rajgarh and the minimum (12 %) from Halonipul, Sirmaur district. In the crop-wise distribution pattern, the maximum frequency was observed in fruit crops (80 %) which was followed by plantation crops (35 %), ornamental crops (25 %).
• Distribution of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in mid-hills of Himalyas.
• Morphological identification in the laboratory.
• Study of Frequency of occurrence of EPN from two districts of Himachal Pradesh. India.
• Entomopathogenic nematode distribution pattern in crop-wise.
EPN, Survey, Steinernema, Heterorhbditis, Frequency, Horticulture Crops
