Paecilomyces Lilacinus

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Paecilomyces lilacinus is a naturally occurring fungus found in many kinds of soils through out the world. As a pesticide active ingredient,Paecilomyces lilacinus is applied to soil to control nematodes that attack plant roots. In laboratory studies, it grows optimally at 21-32 degrees C, and does not grow or survive above 36 degrees C. It acts against plant rootnematodes by infecting eggs, juveniles, and adult females.

Crops: Eggplant, Potato, Chilli, Tomatoes, Cucumbers,Flowers, Orchards, Vineyards, Ornamentals in greenhouses, lawns, nurseries and landscape.

Plant parasitic nematodes in soil, Examples include Meloidogyne spp.(Root knot nematodes); Radopholus similis (Burrowingnematode); Heterodera spp. and Globodera spp. (Cyst nematodes); Pratylenchusspp. (Root lesion nematodes); Rotylenchulus reniformis (Reniform Nematode); Nacobbus spp.(False Root knot Nematodes).