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Table 2 Hemocyte percentage of F1 Galleria mellonella larvae (irradiated parent male pupae with 40 or 100Gy) alone or combined with Steinernema carpocapsae BA2 (20 and 40 IJs/ml) treatments

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

Treatments Cell type

Control

40 Gy

100 Gy

20 IJs/ml

40 IJs/ml

40 Gy + 20 IJs/ml

40 Gy + 40 IJs/ml

100 Gy + 20 IJs/ml

100 Gy + 40 IJs/ml

Prohemocytes

49.56

49.59

50.29

74.41

82.81

85.71

92.49

95.27

96.55

Plasmatocytes

23.16

23.69

25.12

13.84

10.29

8.23

7.51

4.73

3.45

Granulocytes

5.62

5.55

4.81

2.64

1.55

0

0

0

0

Spindle cells

7.9

7.9

7.8

5.588

3.817

4.46

0

0

0

Spherule cells

3.05

3.02

2.37

2.2

1.53

1.59

1

0

0

Adipohemocytes

7.15

7.06

6.39

1.32

0

0

0

0

0

Oenocytoids

3.27

3.19

3.17

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cystocytes

0.28

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. Values represent the mean of percentages of 3 replicates for each group