1AICRP on Water Management, Department of Agronomy, AAU, Jorhat-13, Assam, India
2Department of Soil Science,AAU, Jorhat-13, Assam, India
3ICAR-AICRP on Nematodes in Cropping System, IARI, New-Delhi-110012, India
4Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
Department of Nematology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-786013, Assam, India
*Corresponding author, E-mail: gitanjali_devi@yahoo.in
Online published on 29 August, 2017.
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.
Entomopathogenic nematodes, Survey, Assam, Agro-climatic regions
