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. 2024 Aug 14;46:e003824. doi: 10.29374/2527-2179.bjvm003824

Table 2. Effect of the EPNs Heterorhabditis bacteriophora – HP88 strain and Heterorhabditis baujardi – LPP7 strain on Stomoxys calcitrans larvae exposed to different vinasse temperatures, kept in a B.O.D incubator at 25 ± 1 °C and 70-80% relative humidity.

Temperature (°C) EPN P
HP88 LP77
Larval mortality (%)
25 17.50 ± 5.52aA 4.17 ± 2.29bB <.0001
28 15.83 ± 5.29aA 0.83 ± 0.83bB
31 15.00 ± 6.57aA 5.83 ± 2.60bA
34 22.50 ± 7.40aA 5.00 ± 2.61bB
37 20.00 ± 6.40aA 20.83 ± 5.29aA
40 10.83 ± 3.13aA 31.67 ± 4.58aB
Pupal mortality (%)
25 32.50 ± 3.05aA 6.67 ± 3.10cB <.0001
28 25.00 ± 3.79abA 10.00 ± 3.01cB
31 34.17 ± 3.13aA 9.17 ± 3.36cB
34 27.50 ± 3.28aA 20.00 ± 5.22bcB
37 10.00 ± 5.36bB 40.00 ± 5.50aA
40 22.50 ± 5.79abA 37.50 ± 6.17abA
Emergence of adults (%)
25 50.00 ± 6.96aB 89.17 ± 3.98aA <.0001
28 59.17 ± 5.96aB 89.17 ± 3.13aA
31 50.83 ± 6.45aB 85.00 ± 3.99aA
34 50.00 ± 7.88aB 75.00 ± 6.34aA
37 70.00 ± 8.26aA 39.17 ± 5.70bB
40 64.17 ± 8.57aA 30.83 ± 6.33bB

EPN = entomopathogenic nematodes; P = probability; HP88 = Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; LPP7 = Heterorhabditis baujardi. Means followed by different lowercase letters in the columns and uppercase letters in the rows differ from each other by the Glimmix procedure.