Virulence of four entomopathogenic nematode against different stages of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Effect of nematode species and concentrations on mortality rates of Medfly pupae

Nematode species	Concentrations (IJs/pupa)
Nematode species	Control	50IJ/C. capitata	100IJ/C. capitata	200IJ/C. capitata
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (11 KG)	10.00^d	32.00^c	42.00^b	51.00^a
H. bacteriophora (TOK-20)	6.00^d	26.00^c	40.00^b	49.00^a
Steinernema carpocapsae (Tokat-Bakışlı05)	5.00^d	32.00^c	42.00^b	52.00^a
S. feltiae (Tokat-Emir)	12.00^d	25.00^c	32.00^b	43.00^a

CV: 0.56, LSD: 5.47
Means followed by the same letter are not statistically different according to the Duncan test (P ≤ 0.05)