Entomopathogenic Nematode (Nematoda: Rhabditida) Survey and their Occurrence in Soil of District Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

Abstract

Generally, one of the unique class of nematodes (entomopathogenic nematodes) under the family Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae are bacterial feeders, survive in soil and few of the same have phoretic connections with insects (Morris et al., 2020). Staggeredly, numbers of countries are being used successfully to control variety of agricultural and stored product insect pests (Aatif