Lateral dispersal of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora in the presence and absence of mobile hosts.

Mean (±SE) number of infected Galleria mellonella baits from the collected soil core samples and mean (±SE) percentage of infective juveniles (IJs) of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora dispersed to a 2 cm wide annulus at distances, 3.8, 7.6 and 11.4 cm over a period of 12 to 72 hr in the presence of 2 mobile hosts, G. mellonella larvae placed outside the wire mesh cylinder (3.8 cm dia) enclosing the source cadaver in the microcosms containing autoclaved field soil with vegetation as opposed to similar microcosms containing no hosts. Double asterisk (**) indicates significant difference between distances (D), presence or absence of the host (H) and interaction between the two (D*H) at a time point at P ≤ 0.05. Capital and small letters indicate Tukey’s comparison for means separation between distances averaged over presence or absence of the host, and presence and absence of host averaged over distances, respectively at a time point. NS = P > 0.05.Lateral dispersal of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora in the presence and absence of mobile hosts.