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Investigations on the presence of an infectious proportion amongst populations of Steinernema feltiae (Site 76 strain) infective stages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. A. Bohan  and
W. M. Hominick
D. A. Bohan
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Silwood Park, Sunninghill, Berks. SL5 7PY, UK
W. M. Hominick
Affiliation:
CAB International Institute of Parasitology, 395A Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts AL4 0XU, UK
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Summary

Experimental studies were conducted on the proportion of Steinernema feltiae Filipjev (Site 76 strain) infective stages that infected Galleria mellonella L larvae, in sand tube assays. A full statistical analysis of the sand assay tubes was also undertaken. The analysis showed that the sand tubes were not a significant source of variation. Consequently the observed behaviour of the infective stages was considered to be due to a biological effect. The study shows that the proportion of infective stages that became parasitic did not increase with increases in the density of applied infective stages, nor did the proportion increase with an increase in the number of hosts. It is argued that these findings are consistent with the presence of a proportion of individual infective stages that are capable of causing infection.

Keywords

Steinernemapopulation biologyinfection.
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 112 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 113 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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