Table 4 The number of root-knot and egg masses in roots and the plant heights of the potted spinach at 30 days after the release of Stratiolaelaps scimitus into rhizosphere soil inoculated with 2000 Mi-J2 for ten days.

From: Evaluation of Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae) for controlling the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae)

Treatments

Plant height (cm)

Root-knot number

Egg masses number

100*

35.85 + 1.01a

280.60 + 5.67d

60.40 + 4.71 cd

200*

45.77 + 1.81b

247.40 + 5.48c

47.40 + 5.52bc

300*

51.27 + 1.71b

216.20 + 6.85b

36.80 + 3.17ab

400*

61.32 + 1.27c

163.20 + 5.64a

25.60 + 2.27a

500*

66.80 + 1.97c

153.00 + 4.85a

22.80 + 1.66a

CK

33.78 + 2.16a

332.20 + 5.19e

68.80 + 4.10d

  1. The data are presented as the mean ± standard error of five replicates; the same lowercase letters in every column indicate that the means are not significantly different at the 0.05 level (Tukey’s test). *Number of mites released into the rhizosphere. CK: seedling inoculated with nematodes alone.
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