Claim · model-written summary
Aphelenchus avenae did not suppress infection of the common cutworm Spodoptera litura by S. carpocapsae.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse2
- Treatment
- Aphelenchus avenaee3
- Interactor
- Spodoptera litura
Spodoptera liturae3pest - Second interactor
- S. carpocapsae
Steinernema carpocapsaee3biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- common cutworm, Spodoptera liturae3
- Direction
- but note3
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e2“suppressed pre-emergence damping-off of cucumber seedlings due to Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 by 67%”
e3“Aphelenchus avenae suppressed infection of the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum, but not the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura, by S. carpocapsae”
Title
Biological control of soil pests by mixed application of entomopathogenic and fungivorous nematodes.
N Ishibashi; D R Choi PubMed 1991
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Massive summer application of Aphelenchus avenae suppressed pre-emergence damping-off of cucumber by 67%.
- Intervention effect Autumn application of Aphelenchus avenae suppressed pre-emergence damping-off of cucumber by 87%.
- Intervention effect Aphelenchus avenae applied 3 days before inoculation reduced tomato gall numbers to 50% of controls.
- Intervention effect Steinernema carpocapsae suppressed tomato gall numbers.
- Intervention effect Mixed application of A. avenae and S. carpocapsae gave no greater reduction of tomato gall numbers than single species.
- Intervention effect Aphelenchus avenae suppressed infection of the turnip moth Agrotis segetum by S. carpocapsae.
- Intervention effect Application of 2 x 10 A. avenae to soil infested with R. solani caused leafminer-like symptoms on cotyledons, which did not occur in mixed inoculation.
- Observation Nematodes were positively attracted to tomato root tips.