Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematode isolates from Turkey and Kyrgyzstan against the larvae of the mosquito species Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) under laboratory conditions

Toksoz, Seyma; Saruhan, Islam

doi:10.1186/s41938-018-0088-2

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Effect of entomopathogenic nematode isolates on mortality of Culex pipiens

From: Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematode isolates from Turkey and Kyrgyzstan against the larvae of the mosquito species Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) under laboratory conditions

Entomopathogenic nematodes/concentration	Mortality % (hours)
Entomopathogenic nematodes/concentration	24	48	72	96	120
H.b Aydın
500*	0.00 ± 0.00f	10.00 ± 4.49ef	30.00 ± 4.49cd	36.67 ± 3.35e	53.33 ± 4.23ef
1000	0.00 ± 0.00f	20.00 ± 0.00de	26.67 ± 4.23d	40.00 ± 0.00e	60.00 ± 0.00de
1500	6.67 ± 4.23ef	26.67 ± 4.23cd	43.33 ± 6.17b	60.00 ± 0.00bc	70.00 ± 4.49ac
H.b KG81
500	13.33 ± 6.69de	40.00 ± 7.33b	90.00 ± 4.49a	93.33 ± 4.23a	100.00 ± 0.00a
1000	23.33 ± 3.35bcd	30.00 ± 4.49bcd	50.00 ± 8.60b	93.33 ± 4.23a	100.00 ± 0.00a
1500	43.33 ± 6.17a	56.67 ± 3.35a	86.67 ± 6.69a	96.67 ± 3.35a	100.00 ± 0.00a
S.c K
500	13.33 ± 4.23de	26.67 ± 4.23cd	43.33 ± 3.35b	50.00 ± 4.49 d	53.33 ± 4.23ef
1000	33.33 ± 6.69ab	33.33 ± 6.69bc	50.00 ± 4.49b	56.67 ± 6.17cd	90.00 ± 6.86b
1500	30.00 ± 4.49bc	30.00 ± 4.49bcd	50.00 ± 4.49b	100.00 ± 0.00a	100.00 ± 0.00a
S.f Aydın
500	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00e	13.33 ± 4.23f	20.00 ± 0.00g
1000	0.00 ± 0.00f	3.33 ± 3.35f	10.00 ± 4.49e	16.67 ± 3.35f	20.00 ± 0.00g
1500	0.00 ± 0.00f	6.67 ± 4.23f	6.67 ± 4.23e	10.00 ± 4.49f	13.33 ± 4.23g
S.f KG3
500	13.33 ± 4.23de	33.33 ± 4.23bc	40.00 ± 0.00bc	40.00 ± 0.00e	50.00 ± 4.49f
1000	20.00 ± 0.00cd	30.00 ± 4.49bcd	36.67 ± 3.35bcd	60.00 ± 0.00bc	60.00 ± 0.00de
1500	26.67 ± 4.23bc	26.67 ± 4.23cd	40.00 ± 0.00bc	66.67 ± 4.23b	66.67 ± 4.23cd
Control
500	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00e	0.00 ± 0.00g	0.00 ± 0.00h
1000	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00e	0.00 ± 0.00g	0.00 ± 0.00h
1500	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00f	0.00 ± 0.00e	0.00 ± 0.00g	0.00 ± 0.00h
	F (1.25) = 15.50	F (1.25) = 17.15	F (1.25) = 43.74	F (1.25) = 119.94	F (1.25) = 154.12

Values followed by different letters in the same column differ significantly at P < 0.05 according to Tukey’s test
*Steinernema feltiae (Aydın isolate) (S.f Aydın), S. feltiae (S.f KG3), and S. carpocapsae (Karadeniz isolate) (S.c K) and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (H.b Aydın) and H. bacteriophora (H.b KG81) from Kyrgyzstan

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