Table 6 UV protection of bioinsecticide by DHN melanin
From: Optimizing production of a biopesticide protectant by black yeast
Control insects | Test | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bt-C18 in dark | Bt-C18 exposed to sunlight | |||||||||||
Bt–C18 | Bt-C18 + melanin (5 ppm) | Bt-C18 + melanin (10 ppm) | Bt-C18 + melanin (15 ppm) | |||||||||
Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | |
R1 | 0 ± 0 | 10 ± 0 | 6.6 ± 1.15 | 3.3 ± 1.15 | 5.6 ± 0.57 | 4.3 ± 0.57 | 7 ± 1 | 3 ± 1 | 8.3 ± 0.57 | 1.6 ± 0.57 | 8 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 |
R2 | 1.33 ± 0.57 | 8.6 ± 0.57 | 6.6 ± 1.15 | 3.3 ± 1.15 | 5.6 ± 0.57 | 4.3 ± 0.57 | 8 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 | 8.6 ± 0.57 | 1.3 ± 0.57 | 7.3 ± 1.15 | 2.6 ± 1.15 |
R3 | 1 ± 0 | 9 ± 0 | 7.3 ± 1.15 | 2.6 ± 1.15 | 6.6 ± 1.15 | 3.3 ± 1.15 | 7.3 ± 0.57 | 2.6 ± 0.57 | 9 ± 1 | 1 ± 0 | 9 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 |