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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 5 LC50 effect of entomopathogenic fungi and control on different life periods of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

From: The virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi on the predatory species, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) under laboratory conditions

Fungi isolates

Duration (day, mean ± S.E.)

Total life cycle

Pre-oviposition period

Oviposition period

Post-oviposition period

Beauveria bassiana

10.13 ± 0.91

15.14 ± 1.91

5.14 ± 1.03

77.11 ± 1.01

Metarhizium anisopliae

17.13 ± 0.92

19.21 ± 2.51

2.18 ± 1.16

94.08 ± 2.15

Control

6.23 ± 1.70

21.13 ± 1.48

3.22 ± 1.12

64.11 ± 3.15

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