Redescription and molecular characterization of Panagrellus ceylonensis (Nematoda, Rhabditida, Panagrolaimidae) from India.

A species of genus Panagrellus was discovered from a wet season form of an oriental common evening brown butterfly Melanitis leda. In this study, a detailed description of Panagrellus ceylonensis is provided including the morphometry, light microscopy and molecular (18S and 28S rDNA genes) studies. Morphological studies on the species agree with original description and characterized by having 12501481m long body in females and 9491305m in males, lateral fields with four longitudinal incisures, lip region continuous and 811 m wide, six offset lips with protruding labial sensilla, neck 124173 m long, excretory pore at the level of basal bulb, vulva post-equatorial (V = 6871), vagina anteriorly orientated with heavily muscled vaginal walls, post-vulval uterine sac 111135 m long or 1.

Measurements of natural radionuclide levels and hazards in the Lega Dembi gold mine, Oromia, Ethiopia.

This study aimed to evaluate natural radioactivity levels and hazards of radionuclides Th, Ra and K in soil samples taken from 15 locations in the Lega Dembi gold mining, Oromia, Ethiopia, using gamma-ray spectroscopy coupled with an HPGe detector. It was observed that the respective mean specific activities for Ra, Th and K determined in the mining site were 23.87 ± 0.

Morphological, Morphometrical and Molecular Characterization of Tabassum and Shahina, 2010 (Rhabditida, Rhabditidae) from India with Its Taxonomic Consequences for the Subgenus Andrássy, 1976.

An insect parasitic nematode belonging to the genus was recovered from the agricultural soils from the Hapur district in western Uttar Pradesh, India. Morphological studies on this species exhibited its high resemblance with two Pakistani species:   and . No molecular data are available for these taxa but, morphologically, both species do not differ significantly from our strains and each other.

Morphological, morphometrical, and molecular characterization of (Ali, Pervez, Andrabi, Sharma and Verma, 2011) Sudhaus, 2011 (Rhabditida, Rhabditidae) from India and proposal of as a junior synonym of .

A new population of from India is morphologically, morphometrically, and molecularly characterized. This material is characterized by having 0.65 to 1.

Morphological and molecular characterization of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora isolated from Indian soils and their biocontrol potential.

Agricultural soils and open fields from Western Uttar Pradesh (India) were surveyed to determine the presence of entomopathogenic nematodes. From the entomopathogenic nematodes isolated, Heterorhabditis isolates were selected and further characterized using morphological, morphometrical and molecular approaches. The results showed that three isolated nematodes were Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and were associated with Photorhabdus laumondii subsp.

Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of Heterorhabditis indica (Nematoda: Rhabditida) Nematodes Isolated During a Survey of Agricultural Soils in Western Uttar Pradesh, India.

Introduction: Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are important biocontrol agents of insect pests. To increase the availability of locally adapted entomopathogenic nematode isolates for biocontrol programs, a survey of several agricultural soils in Western Uttar Pradesh, India was conducted.

Materials And Methods: Eight hundred and sixty soil samples from the districts Meerut, Bulandshahr, Baghpat, and Bijnor were collected and examined for the presence of entomopathogenic nematodos using the "Galleria baiting method".

Molecular tools-advances, opportunities and prospects for the control of parasites of veterinary importance.

The recent advancement in genome sequencing facilities, proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics of eukaryotes have opened door for employment of molecular diagnostic techniques for early detection of parasites and determining target molecules for formulating control strategies. It further leads to the introduction of several purified vaccines in the field of veterinary parasitology. Earlier, the conventional diagnostic methods was entirely based upon morphological taxonomy for diagnosis of parasites but nowadays improved molecular techniques help in phylogenetic study and open an another area of molecular taxonomy of parasites with high precision.

Morphological and molecular characterization of Siddiqi, De Ley and Khan, 1992 (Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from India and comments on its status.

Two cultured populations of are described from India. Morphologically and morphometrically this material agrees with other species of the -group (, , and ), especially with . However, molecular studies based on 18 S, 28 S and ITS rDNA confirmed the Indian material is well differentiated from all of these species.

Study of Steinernema hermaphroditum (Nematoda, Rhabditida), from the West Uttar Pradesh, India.

Introduction: The entomopathogenic nematodes have been reported from all continents (except Antarctica) and almost all regions of the world. Surveys of EPNs in India has resulted in the recovery of several isolates of Steinernema. Among one of them, isolate CS34 was identified as S.

First Report and Comparative Study of (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) and its Symbiont Bacteria from Subcontinental India.

Two populations (CS19 and CS20) of entomopathogenic nematodes were isolated from the soils of vegetable fields from Bijnor district, India. Based on morphological, morphometrical, and molecular studies, the nematodes were identified as . This work represents the first report of this species in India.