Isolation and Identification of Entomopathogenic Nematodes from Assam, India Devi Gitanjali*, Sarma Abhijit1, Thakuria R.K.1, Nath D.J.2, Bhuyan Pranjal, Somvanshi Vishal S.4, Sultana Razia4, Kumar Puneet3, Das P., Bhagawati B. 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 3ICAR-AICRP on Nematodes in Cropping System, IARI, New-Delhi-110012, India 4Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India *Corresponding author, E-mail: gitanjali_devi@yahoo.in
Online published on 29 August, 2017. 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. Top Keywords Entomopathogenic nematodes, Survey, Assam, Agro-climatic regions. Top |