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Table 4 Application effect of the four tested indigenous and one commercial Beauveria bassiana on production of rose plants

From: Efficacy of indigenous entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, isolates against the rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae L. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in rose production

Concentrations

Treatments

No. of flower/plant (mean ± SD)

Weight of flower/plant (gm) (mean ± SD)

Oil amount/plant (microliter) (mean ± SD)

Control (spray with water)

756.33 ± 87.05A

773.00 ± 60.75A

565.00 ± 66.01A

0.1% v/v (2.3 × 106/ml)

Naturalis

819.33 ± 33.29A

931.67 ± 64.93AB

728.67 ± 74.23B

Isolate 1

796.00 ± 80.52A

949.67 ± 115.98AB

706.67 ± 49.36B

Isolate 2

752.67 ± 113.68A

920.67 ± 159.36AB

721.67 ± 63.71B

Isolate 3

843.00 ± 61.02A

947.33 ± 153.51AB

724.00 ± 31.24B

Isolate 4

803.67 ± 59.41A

893.33 ± 71.74AB

692.00 ± 20.66B

0.2% v/v (4.6 × 106/ml)

Naturalis

813.67 ± 105.40A

998.67 ± 105.19B

855.33 ± 41.40C

Isolate 1

825.33 ± 90.63A

988.00 ± 98.96B

826.00 ± 51.26C

Isolate 2

885.67 ± 27.75A

1006.00 ± 34.00B

876.33 ± 55.18C

Isolate 3

803.67 ± 73.92A

978.00 ± 108.59B

816.67 ± 56.15C

Isolate 4

783.67 ± 25.15A

1012.33 ± 95.97B

853.33 ± 26.10C

F values

0.763

1.312

10.035

P

0.662

0.284

< 0.001

  1. Means within each column bearing different letters are significantly different according to the Duncan test (P = 0.05)