Assessment of the entomopathogenic nematode bacteria against the termite, Microtermes mycophagus D. (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Iqbal, Erum Yawar; Memon, Umair Ali; Abidi, Syeda Faryal Zehra; Raza, Saboohi; Fayyaz, Shahina

doi:10.1186/s41938-020-00230-3

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Influence of different bacterial fractions on the mortality of termites in relation to temperature and time duration by spray method

From: Assessment of the entomopathogenic nematode bacteria against the termite, Microtermes mycophagus D. (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Treatment	Conc.	Mortality% ± SD
		20 °C			25 °C			30 °C
		24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
T₁,**Xenorhabdus indica(Pak.S.B.50)**	B.S.	83.66 ± 7.44a	100 ± 0.00c	-	80.66 ± 6.98a	100 ± 0.00c	-	71.66 ± 6.44a	78.66 ± 6.75a	78.66 ± 7.83a
	CFF	88.33 ± 9.34a	100 ± 0.00c	-	87.33 ± 7.45a	100 ± 0.00c	-	77.33 ± 8.54a	82.33 ± 7.35a	82.33 ± 8.41a
	B.R.	34.66 ± 5.34b	45.66 ± 5.41b	45.33 ± 7.23b	32.33 ± 7.33b	45.66 ± 6.76b	47.33 ± 9.21b	24.66 ± 5.20b	29.66 ± 5.67b	33.33 ± 5.75b
T₂,**Xenorhabdus indica(Pak.S.B.56)**	B.S.	85.66 ± 7.34a	100 ± 0.00c	-	80.33 ± 8.34a	83.33 ± 9.38a	92.33 ± 6.39c	74.66 ± 6.78a	77.33 ± 6.78a	81.33 ± 6.39a
	CFF	98.33 ± 6.22c	100 ± 0.00c	-	87.33 ± 8.32a	88.66 ± 7.57a	95.33 ± 9.34c	78.33 ± 7.43a	80.33 ± 7.56a	82.33 ± 8.45a
	B.R.	35.66 ± 4.56b	37.33 ± 5.22b	37.33 ± 5.22b	34.66 ± 8.55 b	35.33 ± 6.56b	39.33 ± 6.98b	28.66 ± 4.56b	32.33 ± 4.87b	35.33 ± 5.43b
T₃,**Xenorhabdus stockiae(Pak.S.B. 65)**	B.S.	85.66 ± 8.23a	100 ± 0.00c	-	78.66 ± 8.23a	73.66 ± 9.26a	78.97 ± 7.87a	69.66 ± 6.87a	72.66 ± 9.45a	79.66 ± 8.09a
	CFF	88.33 ± 7.22a	100 ± 0.00c	-	88.33 ± 7.22a	100 ± 0.00c	-	72.33 ± 8.49a	75.33 ± 7.54a	82.33 ± 9.34a
	B.R.	33.66 ± 4.22b	35.33 ± 6.22b	38.43 ± 4.10b	29.33 ± 5.35b	30.66 ± 5.67b	38.66 ± 4.56b	25.66 ± 3.86b	35.33 ± 6.22b	38.43 ± 4.10b
T₄,**Xenorhabdus steinernematis(C.B.10)**	B.S.	100 ± 0.00c	-	-	100 ± 0.00c	-	-	87.66 ± 9.45a	100 ± 0.00c	-
	CFF	100 ± 0.00c	-	-	100 ± 0.00c	-	-	93.33 ± 8.22c	100 ± 0.00c	-
	B.R.	36.33 ± 3.43b	39.33 ± 6.37b	42.33 ± 6.36b	34.33 ± 3.03b	35.66 ± 4.67b	37.33 ± 3.65b	26.33 ± 3.65b	27.33 ± 4.55b	28.33 ± 5.43b
Control	H₂O	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d	0.00 ± .00d

B.S. bacterial suspension (4 × 10⁴ CFU/ml), CFF cell-free filtrate (100 μl/10 ml), B.R. bacterial residue (100 μl/10 ml), “-” experiment complete
The similar alphabets in rows and columns have shown non significant differences at p = 0.01

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