Published March 30, 2019 | Version v1
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Entomopathogenic nematology in Latin America: A brief history, current research and future prospects

Creators

  • 1. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela
  • 2. Institute of Grapevine and Wine Sciences (ICVV), La Rioja, Spain
  • 3. Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), CCTA/LEF, Brazil
  • 4. Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brazil
  • 5. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Brazil
  • 6. Instituto Biológico de Campinas (IBC), Brazil
  • 7. CENSA, Cuba
  • 8. Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 9. Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (UNT), Trujillo-La Libertad, Peru
  • 10. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones del Café, Caldas, Colombia
  • 11. Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • 12. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
  • 13. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Chile
  • 14. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias INIAP, Quito, Ecuador
  • 15. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • 16. Laboratorio de Biotecnología, CALESA, Panama
  • 17. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

Description

Since the 1980s, research into entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in Latin America has produced many remarkable discoveries. In fact, 16 out of the 117 recognized species of EPNs have been recovered and described in the subcontinent, with many more endemic species and/or strains remaining to be discovered and identified. In addition, from an applied perspective, numerous technological innovations have been accomplished in relation to their implementation in biocontrol. EPNs have been evaluated against over 170 species of agricultural and urban insects, mites, and plant-parasitic nematodes under laboratory and field conditions. While much success has been recorded, many accomplishments remain obscure, due to their publication in non-English journals, thesis dissertations, conference proceedings, and other non-readily available sources. The present review provides a brief history of EPNs in Latin America, including current findings and future perspectives.

Notes

E. San-Blas, M.G. Rodriguez and P. Morales-Montero were supported by Fondo de Desarrollo Nacional (FONDEN S.A.), in the form of financial support through "Convenio de Cooperación Integral Cuba-Venezuela", project "MPPF-FONDEN-CJ-CCATR-XIII-14". R. Campos-Herrera's contribution was supported through an Investigator Program Award (IF/00552/2014) supplied by the Portuguese government. J. Ruiz-Vega thanks the Secretaría de investigación y Posgrado (SIP), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico for providing resources for the research carried out in Oaxaca from 1998 to 2010.

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Funding

MUSA – Microbial Uptakes for Sustainable management of major bananA pests and diseases 727624
European Commission