| biodiversity of entomopathogenic nematodes in italy. | an investigation was carried out on the distribution and biodiversity of steinernematid and heterorhabdtid entomopathogenic nematodes (epn) in nine regions of italy in the period 1990-2010. more than 2000 samples were collected from 580 localities and 133 of them yielded epn specimens. a mapping of epn distribution in italy showed 133 indigenous epn strains belonging to 12 species: 43 isolates of heterorhabditis bacteriophora, 1 of h. downesi, 1 of h. megidis, 51 of steinernema feltiae, 12 of s. ... | 2015 | 24721783 |