Australian entomopathogenic nematodes against the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor: isolate-specific variation in virulence, establishment rate and reproductive potential

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Seventeen Australian entomopathogenic nematode (EPN) isolates showed isolate-specific variation in killing yellow mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), with Heterorhabditis indica isolates being most virulent, Steinernema feltiae Sf.ECCS and Heterorhabditis marelatus Hm.ENCB showing highest establishment (5.8-17.2%), and S. feltiae Sf.Y13 and Heterorhabditis zealandica Hz.NAR4 yielding the most offspring (~56,000-140,000 IJs per larva).

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