Efficacy of the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin on the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae and adults under laboratory conditions

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Mortality percentage among adults of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus treated with different concentrations of Beauveria bassiana conidiospores

Treatments and larvae	Mortality percentage among days after treatment
Treatments and larvae	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
6 × 10³	0	50	63	81	88	93	100
6 × 10⁴	0	55	64	84	91	100
6 × 10⁵	0	66	85	90	100
6 × 10⁶	0	80	92	100
6 × 10⁷	0	80	95	100
Control	0	0	0	0	0	0	0