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Table 1 Median lethal concentrations (LC50) of four nematode species against adult stages of Rhyzopertha dominica and Tribolium confusum

From: Biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematode species against Tribolium confusum (Jac.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) under laboratory conditions

EPN species

LC50 (95% CL)

20 °C

25 °C

30 °C

T. confusum

R. dominica

T. confusum

R. dominica

T. confusum

R. dominica

Steinernema pakistanense LM-07

128.46 (357.5–93.07)

166.9 (372.1–124.72)

86.71 (117.0–61.2)

208.7 (259.10–158.4)

1.671 (251.61–0.011)

1.671 (251.61–0.011)

Steinernema bifurcatum LM-30

137.6 (262.4–105.5)

164.40 (209.53–119.2)

109.88 (190.4–81.5)

133.33 (186.28–80.38)

5.1193 (19.52–0)

5.676 (89.72–0.359)

Steinernema affine GB-14

30.55 (109.8–8.49)

49.284 (75.39–0.68)

276.55 (251.5–147.14)

199.35 (251.55–147.14)

429.42 (501.46–357.3)

723.73 (915.2–532.1)

Steinernema cholashanense GB-22

39.267 (66.638–0)

55.756 (78.47–14.04)

230.62 (20.47–180.77)

441.99 (283.78–195.24)

506.94 (601.15–412.74)

445.15 (545.85–344.4)

  1. LC50 expressed as no. of IJs per beetle
  2. Confidence limit, CL, are given in parenthesis