Morphological, molecular and ecological characterization of a native isolate of Steinernema feltiae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) from southern Chile

Table 7 Incidence of soil water content in number of invader infective juveniles (IJs) per insect larva, percentage of penetration, emergence days and offspring (number of IJs) of Steinernema feltiae LR

Water content	Invader IJs	Penetration efficacy	Time of emergence	Offspring
Permanent wilting point	24.9 ± 11.5 a^x	20.8 ± 11.5 a	10.1 ± 1.6 a	75,180.1 ± 37,210.5 a
Field capacity	36.8 ± 21.4 a	30.8 ± 21.4 a	10.5 ± 0.7 a	81,518.3 ± 24,150.1 a
Saturation	38.4 ± 18.2 a	38.4 ± 18.2 a	10.1 ± 0.2 a	70,975.5 ± 23,629.5 a

^X: Means (n = 20) in columns followed by the same letter do not differ according to Tukey´s multiple range test (P < 0.05)

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