Morphological and molecular characterization of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora isolated from Indian soils and their biocontrol potential Author Rana, Aasha 0000-0002-8620-3794 Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut- 250004, India & aasha. aasharana @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8620 - 3794 aasha.aasharana@gmail.com Author Bhat, Aashaq Hussain Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut- 250004, India & Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Billawar- 184204, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Author Chaubey, Ashok Kumar 0000-0002-8405-0026 Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut- 250004, India & akc. nema @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8405 - 0026 akc.nema@gmail.com Author Shokoohi, Ebrahim 0000-0002-0680-3459 Green Biotechnologies Research Centre of Excellence, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, Republic of South Africa. ebrahim. shokoohi @ ul. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0680 - 3459 ebrahim.shokoohi@ul.ac.za Author Machado, Ricardo A. R. 0000-0002-7624-1105 Experimental Biology Research Group, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel 2000, Switzerland. ricardo. machado @ unine. ch; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7624 - 1105 ricardo.machado@unine.ch text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-12 4878 1 77 102 journal article 8022 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.3 27866689-95bc-40ef-b49e-f9f3cb6d864f 1175-5326 4424716 F27FBC48-AC2A-449D-8DB9-D4978421B202

TABLE 8. LC50 and LT50 values of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora isolates DH7 and DH8 against the larvae of Galleria mellonella, Helicoverpa armigera, Spodoptera litura and Holotrichia serrata at different time intervals.

DH7	LC50
Time	G. mellonella	H. armigera	S. litura	Time	H. serrata
24 H	154	101	417	Day 3	7581
36 H	26	15	50	Day 4	1478
48 H	8	6	18	Day 5	358
				Day 6	121
DH7	LT50
Dose	G. mellonella	H. armigera	S. litura	Dose	H. serrata
25 IJs	33.1	33.7	33.2	500 IJs	5.0
50 IJs	29.7	31.6	34.0	1000 IJs	4.8
100 IJs	26.1	30.2	31.1	2000 IJs	4.3
200 IJs	22.7	21.9	26.6	4000 IJs	3.6
Combined	27.5	29.5	32.1	Combined	4.4
DH8	LC50
Time	G. mellonella	H. armigera	S. litura	Time	H. serrata
24 h	467	116	260	Day 2	6401
36 h	34	20	47	Day 3	3176
48 h	12	7	14	Day 4	707
				Day 5	245
				Day 6	95
				Day 7	4
DH8	LT50
Dose	G. mellonella	H. armigera	S. litura	Dose	H. serrata
25 IJs	35.7	29.7	39.8	500 IJs	5.2
50 IJs	34.7	26.6	34	1000 IJs	4.5
100 IJs	32.6	21.9	30.5	2000 IJs	3.6
200 IJs	28.8	18.4	25.3	4000 IJs	3.6
Combined	32.8	23.8	32	Combined	4.2