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SESSION SEVEN – CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS FOR INSECT
CONTROL THROUGH EPN
CONVENORS: DAVID SHAPIRO-ILAN & PARWINDER GREWAL
Status and Future of Insect Control with Entomopathogenic Nematodes in
Asia
Choo, H.Y. (1), D.W. Lee (2), H.H. Kim (3), S.M. Lee (4) & S. Yamanaki (5)
(1) Department of Applied Biology and Environmental Science, Institute of Agriculture & Life Sciences,
Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, 660-701, Republic of Korea; (2) Department of Applied
Biology, Kyungpook National University, Sanju, Kyungpook, 742-711, Republic of Korea; (3) Horticultural
Environment Division, National Horticultural Research Institute, Suwon, Gyeonggi, 441-400, Republic of
Korea; (4) Southern Forest Research Center, National Forest Science Institute, Jinju, Gyeongnam, 660-300,
Republic of Korea; (5) Arysta Lifescience Cooperation, St. Luke’s Tower, Akashi-cho 8-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,
104-6591, Japan
EPNs are widely used against insect pests in Korea, Japan, and China from the 1980s.
Recently, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Turkey began to have an interest in EPNs. In Korea,
native EPNs are extensively used against vegetable, ornamental, and turfgrass insect pests. In
addition, newly-occurring insects in tea plantations, seedling beds, medicinal plant
plantations, forest, propagation houses, greenhouses, and sustainable farms will be targets for
developing effective methods. New strains of EPNs will also be continuously isolated from
various habitats for effective control of native and introduced insects. In Japan,
commercially-produced Steinernema carpocapsae and S. glaseri are used against turfgrass,
orchard, and sweet potato insects. These are or will be selectively used against soil insects
and sudden occurrences of insects. Commercialization of EPNs will be active for the time
being in Japan. In China, invasive pests such as oriental fruit fly, Asiatic palm weevil and
banana moth are good targets for EPNs. Local insects invading fruit and some other crops
will be targets of EPNs. A combination of EPNs with insecticides will be attempted to
augment efficacy. Insects of vegetable and aromatic plants are targets of S. carpocapsae in
Thailand. Thai strains will be continuously isolated and used against the above pests with
mass production. In Vietnam, black cutworm and armyworm were initially tested against
Vietnamese EPN strains. However, turfgrass insects including billbug and white grub will be
controlled using Korean EPNs in golf courses belonging to Korean owners. In India, Indian
isolates of S. thermophilum and S. riobrave have received attention against vegetable, maize,
and sugar cane insects. S. thermophilum and newly isolated Indian strains will be
continuously evaluated against locally important insects.
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