Table 12.1 List of isolated species of entomopathogenic and insect parasitic nematodes from
sampling sites in Iran
Nematode species
Isolation source Locality
References
Steinernema anomali and
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
Agrotis ipsilon
A. segetum
West Azerbaijan
province
Parvizi
(1998)
Steinernema sp. and
H. bacteriophora
Soil
West Azerbaijan
province
Parvizi
(2003)
S. feltiae
Soil
Mazandaran and Tehran provinces
Tanha Ma’afi
et al. (2006)
S. carpocapsae
P. olivieri
Tehran province
Karimi
(2007)
S. carpocapsae, S. glaseri and
H. bacteriophora
Polyphylla
olivieri
Tehran province
Karimi and
Kharazipakdel
(2007)
S. carpocapsae, S. feltiae and
H. bacteriophora
Soil
Arasbaran forests,
northwestern Iran
Nikdel et al.
(2008)
S. carpocapsae, S. feltiae,
S. bicornutum and
H. bacteriophora
Orchards, alfalfa
fields and
grasslands
Ardabil, East
Azerbaijan and West
Azerbaijan provinces
Eivazian
Kary et al.
(2009)
S. glaseri
P. olivieri
Tehran province
Karimi et al.
(2009a)
S. feltiae
Soil
Tehran province
Karimi et al.
(2009b)
S. feltiae
Soil
Kohgiluyeh and
Boyer-Ahmad
province
Abdollahi
(2010)
H. bacteriophora, S. feltiae and
S. carpocapsae
Soil of potato
fields
East and West
Azerbaijan provinces
Agazadeh
et al. (2010)
S. bicornutum
Soil
Marand, East
Azerbaijan province
Eivazian
Kary et al.
(2010a)
H. bacteriophora, S. feltiae,
S. carpocapsae, S. bicornutum,
S. glaseri and S. kraussei
Soil
Arasbaran forests,
northwestern Iran
Nikdel et al.
(2010a)
H. bacteriophora, S. feltiae and
S. carpocapsae
Soil of walnut
orchards
Arak, Markazi
province
Ashtari et al.
(2011)
H. bacteriophora and S. feltiae
Soil
Tabriz, East
Azerbaijan province
Ebrahimi and
Niknam
(2011)
S. arasbaranense
Soil
Kerengan village, East
Azarbaijan province
Nikdel et al.
(2011a, b)
Hexamermis cf. albicans
Lymantria
dispar Euproctis
chrysorrhoea
Kaleibar Township,
East Azarbaijan
province
Nikdel et al.
(2011a, b)
S. carpocapsae and S. feltiae
Soil
Hamedan province
Saffari et al.
(2012)
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