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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Mortality percentages of Bactrocera zonata full-grown larvae infected with EPNs in semi-field experiment

From: Efficacy of different entomopathogenic nematode isolates, against the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saund.) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Combination of EPN strains (Semi-Field experiment)

Mortality %

1000 IJs/ml

2000 IJs/ml

4000 IJs/ml

*steinernematid spp

40.0 de

57.5 c

92.5 a

**heterorhabditis spp

30.0 e

50.0 cd

77.5 b

Control

12.5 f

12.5 f

12.5 f

  1. Values followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at P = 0.05
  2. *Steinernema carpocapsae (AII) + S. carpocapsae (EGAZ10)
  3. **Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (HP88) + H. indica (EGAZ2)
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