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Table 1 Daily percent mortality (% ± SE) in Sitobion avenae after the treatment with different botanicals and entomopathogenic fungi alone and in combinations

From: Compatibility of entomopathogenic fungi and botanical extracts against the wheat aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

 

Time

Treatments

24 h

48 h

72 h

96 h

120 h

T1

04.00 ± 2.44d

04.00 ± 2.44c

04.20 ± 0.22c

06.94 ± 2.08b

09.44 ± 2.38a

T2

26.00 ± 2.44abc

24.64 ± 3.11ab

18.93 ± 1.17b

39.66 ± 4.48ab

35.00 ± 15.81a

T3

14.00 ± 2.44 cd

32.5 ± 2.04a

17.27 ± 1.30b

30.33 ± 6.33ab

24.66 ± 9.22a

T4

30.00 ± 3.16ab

23.09 ± 3.08ab

18.19 ± 1.99b

39.00 ± 2.14ab

33.33 ± 12.22a

T5

36.00 ± 2.44a

28.57 ± 3.68ab

12.33 ± 1.38bc

28.00 ± 4.34ab

33.33 ± 12.22a

T6

22.00 ± 2.00bc

14.80 ± 1.88bc

14.64 ± 1.38bc

18.66 ± 3.44b

24.66 ± 8.27a

T7

28.00 ± 2.00ab

22.50 ± 3.71ab

21.52 ± 3.15b

57.33 ± 4.56a

36.66 ± 8.34a

T8

22.00 ± 2.00bc

20.71 ± 3.41ab

35.45 ± 4.22a

14.10 ± 2.66b

48.00 ± 10.24a

T9

24.00 ± 2.44abc

34.88 ± 4.33a

14.46 ± 1.87bc

13.00 ± 1.88b

23.66 ± 4.65a

 

F = 10.89, df = 8

F = 8.18, df = 8

F = 10, df = 8

F = 4.34, df = 8

F = 0.67, df = 8

  1. Means sharing the same letter within a column are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05)
  2. T1 (Control); T2 (Beauveria bassiana); T3 (Metarhizium anisopliae); T4 (neem extracts, Azadirachta indica L.); T5 (eucalyptus extracts, Eucalyptus camaldulensis D.); T6 (B. bassiana + neem extracts); T7 (B. bassiana + eucalyptus extracts, E. camaldulensis D.); T8 (M. anisopliae + neem extracts, A. indica L.); T9 (M. anisopliae + eucalyptus extracts, E. camaldulensis D)