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Table 2 Virulence of fungal isolates against second-instar larvae of Galleria mellonella expressed as the LC50, LC95, and slope of toxicity regression lines after 10 days of dipping in different concentration

From: Effect of gamma irradiation and/or certain entomopathogenic fungi on the larval Mortality of Galleria mellonella L

Fungal isolates

Lc50 conidia/ml

Lc95 conidia/ml

slope

χ 2

P value

Beauveria bassiana

1.2 × 105

1.9 × 108

0.2620 ± 0.0305

13.15

0.001

Paecilomyces lilacinus

2.3 × 105

4.3 × 1011

0.2064 ± 0.0299

04.30

0.120