Nematode pheromone extracts for controlling soil dwelling agricultural pests

Nematode pheromone helps to increase efficiency of Entomo pathogenic nematodes(EPNs)(i.e. those nematode which attack Plant Parasitic nematode and kill it by devouring inside it, are called as Entomo Pathogenic Nematode) which attack Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs)(i.e. those nematodes which attack plant parts like root and affects yield of the crops are known as Plant Parasitic Nematodes) and other soil dwelling stages of insects pests for agricultural crops. It is a very novel approach to manage PPNs and other soil dwelling stages of insect pests where this pheromone increase digestive sense of EPNs staying inside the dead hosts as dauer stage. Those hungry EPNs then come out of previous hosts and started searching for new hosts. This pheromone was first discovered by Dr. Fatima Kaplan, Founder and CEO of Pheronym. It is a great discovery in the field of Agricultural Nematology. Pheronym is the company which commercially made products out of it. It will be a Integrated Pest management approach for controlling soil dwelling agricultural pests. It not only increase appetite of EPNs but also it will repel away PPNs from rhizosphere of plant. It work in three stages namely Stage-1: Exodus, Stage-2: Dispersal, Stage-3: Forage. Through experiment it was reported that it works effectively on Pecan weevil which stay deeper in soil and have hard integument.Read less