EPNS
electroplated nickel silver

In aboveground communities, EPNs have few side effects on other animals.

EPNs had no effect on free-living nematodes.

Unlike chemical pesticides, EPNs are considered safe for humans and other vertebrates.

Future research on the impacts EPNs have on soil communities will lead to greater understanding of these interactions.

Inside their insect hosts, EPNs experience both intra and interspecific competition.

EPNs have been found in all inhabited continents and a range of ecologically diverse habitats, from cultivated fields to deserts.

In addition, the researchers observed high mortality of bush lupine in the absence of EPNs.

EPNS may refer to:

Such examples would typically be in electroplated nickel silver and marked on the rear face with "EPNS".

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) live inside the body of their host, and so they are designated endoparasitic.

Britannia metal was generally used as a cheaper alternative to electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) which is more durable.

EPNs may persist as metapopulations, in which local population fragments are highly vulnerable to extinction, and fluctuate asynchronously (Lewis et al. 1998).

Since EPNs are applied in agricultural systems at a rate of 1,000,000 individuals per acre, the potential for unintended consequences on the soil ecosystem appears large.

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When it is electro-plated with silver it is called electro-plated nickel silver (EPNS).

Aside from EPNs, the soil ecosystem includes predatory, bacteriovorous, fungivorous and plant parasitic nematode species.

Although the biological control industry has acknowledged EPNs since the 1980s, relatively little is understood about their biology in natural and managed ecosystems (Georgis 2002).

The most common way of cheapening the cost is to reduce the amount of nickel, which is the most expensive of the three metals in EPNS.

From the nineteenth century, electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) was used as a cheaper substitute; nowadays, most cutlery, including quality designs, is made from stainless steel.

EPNs also occur in patchy distributions, which may limit their interactions and further support coexistence (Kaya and Koppenhofer 1996).

Researchers at the Bodega Marine Laboratory examined the strong top-down effects that naturally occurring EPNs can have on their ecosystem (Strong et al. 1996).

Efforts to control foliage-feeding pests with EPNs were equally unsuccessful, because nematodes are highly sensitive to UV light and desiccation (Lewis et al.1998).

Nickel silver first became popular as a base metal for silver-plated cutlery and other silverware, notably the electroplated wares called EPNS (electro-plated nickel silver).

EPNs have not had an adverse effect on mite and collembolan populations (Georgis et al. 1991), yet there is strong evidence that they affect the species diversity of other nematodes.

Agriculture exploits this finding, and the inundative release of EPNs can effectively control populations of soil insect pests in citrus, cranberries, turfgrass, and tree fruit (Lewis et al. 1998).

Such examples would typically be in electroplated nickel silver and marked on the rear face with "EPNS".

Britannia metal was generally used as a cheaper alternative to electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) which is more durable.

From the nineteenth century, electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) was used as a cheaper substitute; nowadays, most cutlery, including quality designs, is made from stainless steel.