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Table 1 Percentage mortality of the third instar of Cnaphalocrosis medinalis larvae and percentage of mycosis and sporulation from their cadavers assayed with the entomopathogenic fungi, Beauvaria bessiana, Verticelium lecanii, and Metarhizium anisopliae in in vitro

From: Evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungi as a non-traditional control of the rice leaf roller, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) under controlled conditions

Entomopathogenic fungi

Percent mortality

Percent mycosis

Sporulation (conidia ml−1)

Beauveria bassiana

73.33 ± 0.96ab

70.00 ± 1.53a

144.67 ± 4.06a

Verticillium lecanii

57.78 ± 5.30b

65.67 ± 1.20ab

122.33 ± 3.48b

Metarhizium anisopliae

74.44 ± 4.44a

61.33 ± 1.76b

113.33 ± 3.28b

Control

2.22 ± 0.56c

0.00 ± 0.00c

0.00 ± 0.00c

  1. Means with different lowercase letters are significantly different (Tukey HSD at P = 0.05)