Browsing by UP Author "Abate, Birhan Addisie"

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Diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria in south African plantations and indigenous forests

Abate, Birhan Addisie; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Malan, Antoinette P.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Brill Academic Publishers, 2018-04-23)

The occurrence and diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and their symbiotic bacteria was evaluated in commercial forestry plantations (Eucalyptus spp., Pinus spp. and Acacia mearnsii) and indigenous forests in ...
Steinernema fabii n. sp. (Rhabditida : Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa

Abate, Birhan Addisie; Malan, Antoinette P.; Tiedt, Louwrens R.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Brill Academic Publishers, 2016-02)

A new species of entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema fabii n. sp., was isolated by trapping with wax moth (Galleria mellonella) larvae from soil in an Acacia mearnsii plantation in the Mpumalanga province of South ...
Virulence and survival of native entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of white grubs in South Africa

Abate, Birhan Addisie; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Conlong, Desmond E.; Burger, Divan Aristo; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Elsevier, 2019-10)

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) provide a potential alternative to chemical insecticides to control root-feeding pests of agricultural and forestry crops. One of the challenges in using EPNs in these environments is low ...

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