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Table 3 Number of Spodoptera exigua larvae (/50 leaves) post treatments with Beauveria bassiana in sugar beet field in season 2017/2018

From: Effect of the fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, on the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), under laboratory and open field conditions

Dates of inspections

Numbers of larvae

Reduction** (%)

Dates of inspections

Numbers of larvae

Reduction** (%)

Treat.

Cont.

Treat.

Cont.

8 November 2017*

4

4

 

26 March 2018*

3

4

 

3 December 2017

2

6

66.6

4 April 2018*

1

4

75

18 January 2018

0

3

 

11 April 2018*

2

4

50

27 January 2018

1

3

 

18 April 2018*

1

5

80

20 February 2018

3

4

 

25 April 2018

1

4

75

3 March 2018

3

4

 

2 May 2018

1

2

 
  1. *Applications with Beauveria bassiana (6 × 107 spores/ml)
  2. **Reduction (%) by the only count after application