Table 1 Isolates obtained per entomopathogenic nematode-infected sample and origin of soils of Mexican maize fields. Each Galleria mellonella larva from the ‘Galleria baiting” soil extraction method was kept separately and the emerging EPN formed one isolate.

From: Entomopathogenic nematodes from Mexico that can overcome the resistance mechanisms of the western corn rootworm

State

Sampled fields

EPN infected fields

Entomopathogenic nematodes

Latitude (°)

Longitude (°)

Altitude (masl)

Isolates

Oaxaca

19

2

15.886541

−97.116045

1

MEX-2, MEX-4, MEX-5, MEX-6,MEX-7, MEX-8, MEX-9

   

15.920639

−97.12642

20

MEX-10

Jalisco

13

1

19.893941

−104.04043

903

MEX-14

Michoacán

13

1

19.627714

−101.41115

2277

MEX-15

Guanajuato

45

6

20.738882

−101.33939

1760

MEX-16, MEX-17

   

20.963636

−100.83139

1869

MEX-20

   

20.924801

−100.94449

1993

MEX-21, MEX-22, MEX-23

   

20.470774

−100.59571

1926

MEX-41

   

20.565299

−100.77389

1766

MEX-42

   

20.914769

−101.21872

1913

MEX-43, MEX-44, MEX-45, MEX-46, MEX-47

Querétaro

4

0

Zacatecas

11

2

23.208545

−103.04567

2080

MEX-37, MEX-38

   

22.161371

−102.88794

1743

MEX-39, MEX-40

Durango

9

4

24.006255

−104.61634

1789

MEX-24, MEX-25, MEX-26, MEX-27, MEX-28

   

24.000478

−104.61628

1878

MEX-29, MEX-30

   

23.954223

−104.62634

1885

MEX-31, MEX-32

   

23.988059

−104.62605

1880

MEX-33, MEX-34, MEX-35, MEX-36

TOTAL

114

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