Table 2 The predation rate of Volutella citrinella (GUCC2219) against three species of plant pathogenic nematodes on water agar

A. besseyi

Control

3.50 ± 0.50 b

5.50 ± 0.96 b

9.50 ± 1.26 b

10.67 ± 0.67 b

GUCC2219

13.88 ± 0.87 a

22.37 ± 2.05 a

37.67 ± 3.17 a

59.45 ± 3.76 a

B. xylophilus

Control

6.50 ± 0.96 b

7.50 ± 0.50 b

9.50 ± 1.50 b

11.00 ± 1.73 b

GUCC2219

19.66 ± 2.40 a

27.04 ± 2.19 a

32.40 ± 2.11 a

33.35 ± 0.96 a

D. destructor

Control

2.00 ± 1.15 b

3.00 ± 1.00 b

5.00 ± 1.91 b

8.00 ± 1.63 b

GUCC2219

8.64 ± 1.13 a

17.65 ± 2.34 a

30.98 ± 0.98 a

50.95 ± 2.21 a