Impact Of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes On Viability And Pathogenicity Of Enthomopathogenic Nematodes

The investigations aimed at recognizing the impact of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the activity of enthomopathogenic nematodes under laboratory conditions. Two kinds of nanotubes were applied to treat infective juveniles of two enthomopathogenic nematode species. The obtained results allowed for a conclusion that multi-walled carbon nanotubes do not cause mortality of the analysed nematode infective juveniles (IJs). However, they partially reduce their activity towards test insects.