Biological activities of spores and metabolites of some fungal isolates on certain aspects of the spiny bollworms Earias insulana (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Effect of some fungal isolates on larval, pupal and adult stages of the spiny bollworm Earias insulana

Isolate	% of larval mortality	% of pupal mortality	% of adult emergence	% of deformed adult
Metarhizium anisopliae s.s.	51.67bc	7.87	85.18b	6.94bc
Metarhizium anisopliae f	41.67c	6.81	90.67b	4.56c
Acremonium s.s.	65a	14.48	73.89c	14.48a
Acremonium f	58.33ab	13.40	71.03c	12.71ab
Paecilomyces variotii s.s.	50bc	9.76	86.90b	4.67c
Paecilomyces variotii f	41.00c	9.40	87.01b	6.27bc
Control	3.3	0	100a	0c
P	< 0.0001***	ns	0.0001***	0.0113*
LSD_0.05	10.29		8.76	7.28

Same letters means non-significant effect while different letters means significant effect
* means significant effect
*** means very highly significant effect
s.s. spore suspension of each isolate, f filtrate of each isolate