Schurkman Jacob, Dillman Adler R
Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA, 92521.
J Nematol. 2021 Jun 29;53. doi: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-061. eCollection 2021.
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) infect and kill insects and have been successfully used in the biological control of some insect pests. Slugs and snails are known to be significant pests of agriculture and serve as vectors for disease-causing microbes that can affect crops and humans. The potential of EPNs to be used in the biological control of gastropods has not been well-studied. The few studies that have been performed on the efficacy of EPNs in controlling gastropod pests and vectors were reviewed. Suggested criteria for further assessments of EPN-gastropod interactions are: Dose of EPNs used, length of infection assays, host biology, nematode biology and development, and Koch's postulates. There are provocative data suggesting that EPNs may be useful biological control agents against gastropod pests of agriculture and vectors of disease, though additional studies using the suggested criteria are needed, including the publication of negative data or studies where EPNs were not efficacious or successful in controlling gastropods.
昆虫病原线虫（EPNs）感染并杀死昆虫，已成功用于某些害虫的生物防治。蛞蝓和蜗牛是已知的重要农业害虫，并且是可影响农作物和人类的致病微生物的传播媒介。EPNs用于腹足纲动物生物防治的潜力尚未得到充分研究。对已开展的关于EPNs控制腹足纲害虫和传播媒介功效的少数研究进行了综述。对EPNs与腹足纲动物相互作用进行进一步评估的建议标准为：所用EPNs的剂量、感染试验时长、宿主生物学特性、线虫生物学特性与发育情况以及柯赫氏法则。有启发性数据表明，EPNs可能是防治农业腹足纲害虫和疾病传播媒介的有用生物防治剂，不过需要使用建议标准开展更多研究，包括发表阴性数据或EPNs在控制腹足纲动物方面无效或未成功的研究。
