Table 3 Mortality of Oryctes rhinoceros larvae against different entomopathogenic nematode species through penetration study

Steinernema carpocapsae

76.68 (61.22^a)

50 (45.00^a)

30 (33.00^a)

3.33 (7.80^a)

93.33 (77.71^a)

73.33 (59.00^a)

36.68 (37.22^a)

6.67 (13.12^a)

Steinernema abbasi

53.33 (46.92^b)

33.33 (35.22^b)

20 (26.07^a)

0 (2.50^a)

80 (63.93^ab)

46.68 (43.08^b)

16.68 (23.86^b)

3.33 (13.12^a)

Heterorhabditis indica

43.33 (41.15^b)

26.68 (30.99^b)

16.68 (23.86^a)

6.68 (13.12^a)

66.68 (54.78^b)

50 (45.00^b)

23.33 (28.78^ab)

6.68 (7.81^a)

LSD

9.14

5.38

14.60

20.85

19.67

5.38

10.46

24.08

P value

0.02

0.008

NS

NS

NS

0.005

NS

NS