Table 1.

Design of outcrossed, crossbred and sib-crossed Steinernema carpocapsae lines.

Cross Name	Paternal Nematode Progenitor	Maternal Nematode Progenitor	Bacterial Symbiont	Number of Crossed Lines Obtained (N)
Outcross 1	Control line	Experimental line 1	Experimental line 1	9
Outcross 2	Control line	Experimental line 2	Experimental line 2	9
Outcross 3	Control line	Experimental line 3	Experimental line 3	7
Outcross 4	Control line	Experimental line 4	Experimental line 4	8
Outcross 5	Control line	Experimental line 5	Experimental line 5	10
Crossbred A	Experimental line 4	Experimental line 5	Experimental line 5	9
Crossbred B	Experimental line 5	Experimental line 4	Experimental line 4	11
Sib-cross 1	Experimental line 1	Experimental line 1	Experimental line 1	10
Sib-cross 2	Experimental line 2	Experimental line 2	Experimental line 2	8
Sib-cross 3	Experimental line 3	Experimental line 3	Experimental line 3	18
Sib-cross 4	Experimental line 4	Experimental line 4	Experimental line 4	9
Sib-cross 5	Experimental line 5	Experimental line 5	Experimental line 5	8
Sib-cross WT	Control line	Control line	Control line	12

WT, wild type