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Table 4 Median lethal time (LT50) values of Steinernema carpocapsae (All strain) and S. feltiae (Filipjev), Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (HP88) and H. bacteriophora (Ar-4) against 3rd and 4th instar larvae of cabbageworm, Pieris rapae at a concentration of 50 IJs/larva

From: Compatibility of entomopathogenic nematodes with insecticides against the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae L. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Used concentration

P.rapae instars

S.carpocapsae (All strain)

S. feltiae (Filipjev)

H.bacteriophora (HP88)

H.bacteriophora (Ar-4)

LT50 (days)

50 IJs/larva

3rd instar

2.763

–

–

3.292

4th instar

–

3.506

–

3.107

  1. The LT50 values express median lethal time