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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Lethal concentrations (LC50 and LC90) of the tested EPNs against Bactrocera dorsalis maggots

From: Assessment of the entomopathogenic nematodes against maggots and pupae of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), under laboratory conditions

Nematode spp.

LC50 (IJs/μL)

LC90 (IJs/μL)

Slope

Intercept

χ 2

(df = 1)

P

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

41.88

(27.28–50.06)

87.40

(75.71–118.47)

1.74

− 3.74

2.97

< 0.01

H. indica

46.99

(31.74–55.58)

110.50

(91.12–178.47)

1.49

− 3.72

0.03

< 0.01

Steinernema asiaticum

48.08

(36.61–55.22)

96.39

(83.33–129.38)

1.84

− 4.38

0.06

< 0.01

S. carpocapsae

30.20

(9.34–41.16)

67.88

(56.87–87.72)

1.58

− 2.65

0.10

< 0.01

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