Indian Journal of Nematology

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  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue: 1

Isolation and Identification of Entomopathogenic Nematodes from Assam, India

  • Author:
  • Gitanjali Devi, Abhijit Sarma1, R.K. Thakuria1, D.J. Nath2, Pranjal Bhuyan, Vishal S. Somvanshi4, Razia Sultana4, Puneet Kumar3, P. Das, B. Bhagawati
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 65 to 74

Department of Nematology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-786013, Assam, India

1AICRP on Water Management, Department of Agronomy, AAU, Jorhat-13, Assam, India

2Department of Soil Science,AAU, Jorhat-13, Assam, India

4Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

3ICAR-AICRP on Nematodes in Cropping System, IARI, New-Delhi-110012, India

Abstract

Survey for naturally occurring entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) from different habitats was undertaken in three different agro-climatic regions of Assam. Out of 100 soil samples, 5 samples were positive (5%) for EPNs-one from Upper Brahmaputra valley zone, two from Barak valley zone and two from hill zone. These EPNs were identified on the basis of morphological and morphometrical characters, and belonged to genus Steinernema. The strains were identified as Steinernema abbasi, S.ceratophorum and S. tami.

Keywords

Entomopathogenic nematodes, Survey, Assam, Agro-climatic regions