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Table 1 Efficacy of bacterial cell suspension and cell-free culture filtrates on Locusta migratoria migratorioides during 7 days

From: Entomopathogenic bacteria Photorhabdus luminescens as natural enemy against the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Days

Density (cells/ml)

Mortality (%)

Concentration (%) (cell-free culture filtrates)

Mortality (%)

1st Day

4 × 104

0.0

12.5

0.0

 

4 × 105

0.0

25

0.0

 

4 × 106

0.0

50

0.0

 

4 × 107

0.0

100

0.0

2nd Day

4 × 104

0.0

12.5

0.0

 

4 × 105

0.0

25

3.3

 

4 × 106

0.0

50

0.0

 

4 × 107

0.0

100

10

3rd Day

4 × 104

10

12.5

10

 

4 × 105

16.6

25

20

 

4 × 106

26.7

50

26.7

 

4 × 107

30

100

30

4th Day

4 × 104

10

12.5

13.3

 

4 × 105

20

25

23.3

 

4 × 106

30

50

33.3

 

4 × 107

46.7

100

46.7

5th Day

4 × 104

13.3

12.5

13.3

 

4 × 105

23.3

25

26.6

 

4 × 106

33.3

50

36.7

 

4 × 107

60

100

60

6th Day

4 × 104

16.7

12.5

20

 

4 × 105

26.7

25

33.3

 

4 × 106

36.7

50

50

 

4 × 107

66.7

100

76.7

7th Day

4 × 104

16.7

12.5

20

 

4 × 105

33.3

25

36.7

 

4 × 106

46.7

50

50

 

4 × 107

76.7

100

80