Isolation of Pasteuria penetrans, an obligate hyper-parasite, infecting root knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp. from the rhizosphere of pulses in India

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Effect of pre-treated endospore on attachment

Strains	Temperature treatment to endospores (°C)
Strains	20	30	40	50	60	70
Pp1	6.00^a	10.00^ab	9.00^a	5.00^ab	2.00^b	0
Pp2	7.67^a	11.67^ab	8.00^a	2.67^b	2.33^b	0
Pp3	8.00^a	14.00^a	10.67^a	6.67^a	6.00^a	0
Pp4	9.00^a	8.67^b	8.33^a	3.67^ab	1.67^b	0
Pp5	7.33^a	12.00^ab	9.67^a	3.33^b	2.00^b	0
Pp6	7.33^a	9.00^ab	9.67^a	3.33^b	1.67^b	0
Pp7	6.67^a	9.67^ab	9.00^a	5.00^ab	3.00^b	0
Pooled StDev	1.48	1.75	1.58	1.03	0.80
P (= 0.05)	0.265	0.028	0.582	0.007	0.001

Note: The value of no of attached Pasteuria endospore is the mean of three replications. Different case letters in a column represents statistically differences of mean according to Tukey Pairwise Comparisons (Grouping Information using the Tukey Method and 95% Confidence)