Regular ArticleFeeding Activity and Survival of Slugs, Deroceras reticulatum, Exposed to the Rhabditid Nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita: A Model of Dose Response
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Pathogenicity of wild and commercial Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita exposed to the pestiferous slug Deroceras invadens
2020, Journal of Invertebrate PathologyCitation Excerpt :This is a common symptom of P. hermaphrodita infection and enhances the use of these nematodes as a biological control agent. Host feeding inhibition is also caused species that resist infection (Glen et al., 2000), such as juvenile A. lusitanicus (Grimm, 2002). Variation across exposure concentration, day and nematode strain was observed.
Molecular detection and quantification of slug parasitic nematodes from the soil and their hosts
2019, Journal of Invertebrate PathologyCitation Excerpt :Mollusc-parasitic nematodes (MPNs) are found in several nematode families including Alloionematidae, Cosmocercidae, Mermithidae and Rhabditidae (Půža et al., 2016); however, while entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have been widely investigated as biological control agents and models in ecological studies, little attention has been given to nematodes that have the potential to control slugs. Currently only one species, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Rhabditidae), is commercially available as a slug biological control agent for mass-releases in gardens and cultivated fields (Speiser et al., 2001; Wilson et al., 1993; Glen et al., 2000; Barker and Efford, 2004; Wilson and Rae, 2015). Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita is a bacterial-feeding nematode and a facultative parasite of terrestrial molluscs (Wilson, et al., 1993).
Susceptibility of the Giant African snail (Achatina fulica) exposed to the gastropod parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita
2015, Journal of Invertebrate PathologyCitation Excerpt :For example H. aspersa juveniles are susceptible to P. hermaphrodita but adults are resistant (Glen et al., 1996). We sought to understand whether young stages of A. fulica would be susceptible to P. hermaphrodita applied at two different doses, as well as investigating whether it would reduce feeding and cause defects in weight gain, a commonly observed symptom of infection in slugs (e.g. Glen et al., 2000b). We also exposed the slug Deroceras panoramitanum to assess the virulence of P. hermaphrodita to compare to A. fulica.
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