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Table 1 Statistics from the ANOVA used to analyse (A) the number of individuals died after different days of exposure to different EPN strain along with control under direct toxicity

From: Biocontrol potential of native entomopathogenic nematodes against coconut rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions

Tested parameters

F ratio

P value

Steinernema carpocapsae concentration

358.02

 < 0.0001

Steinernema abbasi concentration

319.96

 < 0.0001

Heterorhabditis indica concentration

153.20

 < 0.0001

Steinernema carpocapsae Time

177.32

 < 0.0001

Steinernema abbasi Time

114.67

 < 0.0001

Heterorhabditis indica Time

113.78

 < 0.0001

Steinernema carpocapsae concentration × Time

3.76

 < 0.0001

Steinernema abbasi concentration × Time

2.59

 < 0.0001

Heterorhabditis indica concentration × Time

3.898

 < 0.0001

Strain × Time (14 DAT)

340.28

 < 0.0001

Nematode Strain (Progeny)

629.63

 < 0.0001

Nematode Strain × concentration

87.10

 < 0.0001