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Table 2 Percentage mortality of Galleria mellonella last instar larvae exposed to 38 Heterorhabditids indica populations at 4 baiting times post-inoculation

From: Comparison of virulence, reproductive potential, and persistence among local Heterorhabditis indica populations for the control of Temnorhynchus baal (Reiche & Saulcy) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Egypt

Population no.

1 week

1 month

2 months

3 months

Overall average*

20

93.75

62.5

25

6.25

1.875ghij

16

81.25

25

0

0

1.063abcde

46

87.5

18.75

0

0

1.063abcde

15

68.75

31.25

0

0

1abcd

17

62.5

25

6.25

0

0.938abcd

32

87.5

43.75

12.5

0

1.438efg

19

68.75

37.5

6.25

0

1.125bcde

18

68.75

31.25

6.25

0

1.063abcde

35

37.5

31.25

12.5

0

0.813ab

33

100

68.75

31.25

12.5

2.125ij

27

50

31.25

12.5

0

0.938abcd

26

56.25

18.75

6.25

0

0.813ab

39

87.5

50

31.25

6.25

1.75fghi

37/2

87.5

62.5

25

0

1.75fghi

31

81.25

37.5

18.75

6.25

1.438efg

4//2

81.25

43.75

18.75

6.25

1.5efgh

34

62.5

56.25

12.5

0

1.313cdef

5

93.75

62.5

37.5

18.75

2.125ij

44

100

68.75

31.25

12.5

2.125ij

48

56.25

31.25

12.5

0

1abcd

11

43.75

25

0

0

0.688ab

18/2

81.25

68.75

31.25

6.25

1.875ghij

47

87.5

62.5

31.25

6.25

1.875ghij

60

68.75

43.75

25

0

1.375def

40/2

75

25

6.25

0

1.063abcde

41

50

25

0

0

0.75ab

40

56.25

25

6.25

0

0.875abc

21

100

75

31.25

12.5

2.188ij

6 //2

87.5

62.5

37.5

6.25

1.938hij

50

62.5

25

0

0

0.875abc

22

100

68.75

25

12.5

2.063ij

43

62.5

25

0

0

0.875abc

25

100

75

31.25

18.75

2.25j

58

56.25

25

0

0

0.813ab

7

43.75

18.75

0

0

0.625a

38

56.25

37.5

12.5

0

1.063abcde

29

56.25

31.25

6.25

0

0.938abcd

6

75

50

12.5

0

1.375def

  1. *Average number of infected insects out of four; a cup contained 4 insects with 4 cups (replicates) per a population at each baiting time. Averages followed by same letter(s) are not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different according to the Duncan’s multiple range test