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Table 2 Compatibility of infective juveniles (IJs) of Heterorhabditis pakistanensis with different insecticides and neem product under laboratory conditions

From: Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes against the cabbage butterfly (Pieris brassicae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) infesting cabbage under field conditions

Treatments

Mean mortality (%) of IJs at different intervals (h)

Cumulative mean

24

48

72

% IJs mortality

% IJs survival

100 IJs + Quinalphos 25 EC @ 0.0175%

14.8 (21.1)*

20.5 (26.8)

22.0 (27.8)

19.1

80.9

100 IJs + Quinalphos 25 EC @ 0.035%

18.5 (25.4)

25.1 (30.0)

29.3 (32.7)

24.3

75.7

100 IJs + Quinalphos 25 EC @ 0.07%

30.0 (33.1)

40.3 (39.3)

47.6 (43.6)

39.3

60.7

100 IJs + Dichlorvos 76 EC @ 0.025%

15.0 (22.7)

20.8 (27.0)

23.3 (28.7)

19.7

80.3

100 IJs + Dichlorvos 76 EC @ 0.05%

20.1 (26.5)

31.0 (33.7)

37.1 (37.5)

29.4

70.6

100 IJs + Dichlorvos 76 EC @ 0.1%

34.8 (36.1)

50.3 (45.1)

61.1 (50.9)

48.7

51.3

100 IJs + Azadirachtin @ 0.125%

14.5 (22.3)

19.3 (26.0)

21.0 (27.1)

18.2

81.8

100 IJs + Azadirachtin @ 0.25%

16.3 (23.7)

23.6 (29.0)

27.8 (31.7)

22.5

77.5

100 IJs + Azadirachtin @ 0.5%

28.5 (32.1)

37.0 (37.4)

42.3 (40.5)

35.9

64.1

Untreated control (100 IJs only)

4.1 (11.6)

4.1 (11.6)

4.1 (11.6)

4.1

95.9

  1. CD (P ≤ 0.05): Treatment: 1.73; Duration: 0.94; Treatment × Duration: 2.99: Design: CRD; Replication: six
  2. *Figures in parenthesis are Arc sine transformed value of mean percent mortality