Table 1 Mortality percentages (% ± SE) of the third instar Oryctes agamemnon larvae treated with entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) Beauveria bassiana, Lecanicillium lecanii, and Metarhizium anisopliae

Beauveria bassiana

1 × 10⁴

11.7* ± 1.3

21.4* ± 4.2

28.8* ± 3.5

34.2* ± 2.1

1 × 10⁶

14.2* ± 2.4

24.4* ± 3.2

39.6* ± 4.1

48.1* ± 3.1

1 × 10⁸

16.6* ± 3.1

29.7* ± 2.9

41.2* ± 3.3

55.5* ± 4.3

Metarhizium anisopliae

1 × 10⁴

12.3* ± 2.3

24.5* ± 3.1

32.9* ± 3.1

39.5* ± 3.7

1 × 10⁶

16.9* ± 3.1

33.6* ± 3.5

44.2* ± 4.2

57.4* ± 3.2

1 × 10⁸

21.3* ± 3.6

40.8* ± 4.6

51.1* ± 3.5

60.8* ± 2.6

Lecanicillium lecanii

1 × 10⁴

3.8 ± 1.4

7.2 ± 4.4

13.9* ± 3.3

17.4* ± 2.1

1 × 10⁶

6.7 ± 2.1

13.3* ± 3.2

20.4* ± 3.5

26.4* ± 3.2

1 × 10⁸

10.1* ± 2.2

17.5* ± 3.3

22.6* ± 4.1

29.2* ± 4.1

Control

–

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0