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Table 1 Total hemocyte count/mm3 of blood from Galleria mellonella larvae treated with gamma radiation alone or combined with the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae BA2

From: Hemocytic studies on the synergistic effect of the entomopathogenic nematode species, Steinernema carpocapsae and gamma radiation on the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.) larvae

Treatment radiation doses (Gy)

THC/mm3 × 103

Gamma rays

S. carpocapsae BA2

20 IJ

40 IJ

Control

32.08 ± 0.54a

13.13 ± 0.34a

10.91 ± 0.75a

40

21.75 ± 0.22b

10.4 ± 0.32b

9.2 ± 0.57b

100

20.56 ± 0.29b

8.73 ± 0.21c

5.61 ± 0.2c

  1. Letters indicate the variance between the means (Duncan’s multiple range test). Values represent the mean ± S.E. of 3 replicates for each group