Table 3 Efficiency of entomopathogenic nematodes against mushroom flies
From: Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic nematodes to dipteran leaf miners, house flies and mushroom flies
Hosts | EPN spp. | Methods of treatment | Concentrations | % Mortality or LC 50 | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Family Phoridae larvae | |||||
 Megaselia halterata | Steinernema feltiae | Petri dishes | 1500 IJs/30 larvae/dish | 63% | Scheepmaker et al. (1998) |
S. carpocapsae | 69% | ||||
Heterorhabditis migidis | 69% | ||||
H.bacteriophora | 71% | ||||
 M. halterata | S. feltiae | 24-well plates filled with compost | 4 conc. (30–1000 IJs/larva) | 10–38% |  |
 M. sandhui | Steinernema sp. | 5 larvae/tube | 6 conc. (50–500 IJs/5 larvae) | 0.0 | Lamba et al. (2008) |
S. abbasi | 0.0–13% | ||||
S. pakistanense | 0.0–27% | ||||
H. indica | 7–33% | ||||
B. Family Sciaridae larvae | |||||
 Lycoriella auripila | S. feltiae | 24-well plates filled with compost | 4 conc. (30–1000 IJs/larva) | 91–100% | Scheepmaker et al. (1998) |
 Bradysia impatiens | S. yitgalemense | 24-well plates with sand | 100 IJs/larva | 87% | Katumanyane (2017) |
S. feltiae | 72 | ||||
S. jeffreyense | 0 | ||||
S. khoisanae | 0 | ||||
Steinernema sp. | 0 | ||||
H. indica | 84 | ||||
H. zealandica | 83 | ||||
H. bacteriophora | 52 | ||||
H. noenieputensis | 81 | ||||