Ashok Kumar Chaubey

TL;DR: Despite frequent surveys in different continents of the world, number of sites touched are low and, therefore, further surveys are still needed to explore untouched geographic areas and climatic conditions, both in plantations and indigenous forests with an aim to identify and exploit additional EPN species.

TL;DR: Data suggest that this bacterium is widespread among south Asian nematodes from the ‘‘carpocapsae’’ group, including Xenorhabdus stockiae as its symbiont.

TL;DR: Co-phylogenetic analysis has shown a remarkable congruence between the nematode and bacterial phylogenies, suggesting that, in some lineages within the Steinernema / Xenorhabdus complex, the nem atodes and bacteria have undergone co-speciation.

TL;DR: Steinernema hermaphroditum CS34 is an indigenous species to Indian subcontinent and efforts should be made to evaluate its virulence and pathogenicity against the other agricultural pests hampering productivity throughout the country.

TL;DR: Three strains of entomopathogenic nematodes, labelled P5, P6 and PH, were isolated during surveys of agricultural soils of Pir Panjal Range, using insect baiting technique, making this finding the first report of this species from Jammu and Kashmir, India.