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Table 4 Emergence of the entomopathogenic nematode progeny from Oryctes rhinoceros cadaver through penetration study

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

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Progeny emergence

15 Cm

30 Cm

45 Cm

90 Cm

Steinermena carpocapsae

821,353a

597,789a

327,723a

62,003a

Steinernema abbasi

605,663b

350,657b

123,620b

26,202a

Heterorhabditis indica

450,970b

329,007b

157,900b

46,668a

LSD

158,138

64,537

110,839

118,577

P value

0.02

0.001

0.04

NS

  1.  In a column with different alphabet letter were significantly different at Tukey’s HSD at P < 0.05