Table 2 Mean reduction (%) of life stages of onion thrips as induced by six different entomopathogenic nematode isolates (EPNs) at different concentrations

10,000

52.28 ± 17.1 b

33.77 ± 20.1 b

46.83 ± 9.7 a

57.6 ± 8.6 a

34.78 ± 7.3 b

46.48 ± 7.1 b

56.4 ± 4.8 a

66.0 ± 1.2 a

20.2 ± 16.6 a

24.05 ± 12.9 a

32.76 ± 10.9 a

34.58 ± 11.1 a

15,000

56.52 ± 10.1 a

65.62 ± 9.4 a

38.75 ± 8.4 a

51.82 ± 10.1 ab

59.9 ± 6.4 a

69.93 ± 7.5 a

26.23 ± 14.3 b

60.33 ± 7.5 a

30.5 ± 5.1 a

41.58 ± 5.1 a

27.1 ± 9.7 a

28.48 ± 4.5 a

20,000

52.03 ± 4.5 a

62.58 ± 3.8 a

37.6 ± 8.3 a

38.78 ± 11.8 b

40.85 ± 7.3 b

54.03 ± 5 b

48.8 ± 6.2 a

48.57 ± 4.5 b

20.7 ± 1 a

37.63 ± 4.5 a

36.58 ± 9.2 a

46.48 ± 4.5 a

F

6.47

5.54

0.71

2.42

13.57

7.65

6.72

7.37

0.69

1.75

0.26

1.46

P

0.0094

0.0157

0.51

0.123

0.0004

0.0051

0.0083

0.0059

0.52

0.208

0.783

0.263

LSD

20.015

26.89

18.1

18.63

10.7

13.05

18.22

10.87

21.15

20.98

22.9

22.7