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Table 2 Effect of some fungal isolates on duration in days of some developmental stages of spiny bollworm Earias insulana

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

Isolates

Larvae

Pupa

Female longevity

Male longevity

Preoviposition

Oviposition

Postoviposition

Total

Metarhizium anisopliae s.s.

14.41a

10.40 cd

2.15

7.78

5.3

15.23b

14.40bc

Metarhizium anisopliae f

14.57b

10.59bc

2.17

7.82

5.34

15.33b

14.63b

Acremonium s.s.

14.59b

10.10d

2.24

7.39

4.82

14.45c

13.95c

Acremonium f

14.93b

10.2d

2.28

7.62

5.34

15.24b

14.55bc

Paecilomyces variotii s.s.

14.60b

10.63bc

2.15

7.62

5.41

15.18b

14.55bc

Paecilomyces variotii f

14.71b

10.80b

2.28

7.74

5.46

15.48b

14.86b

Control

16.42a

11.52a

2.66

9.46

5.78

16.63a

15.85a

P

0.0004***

< 0.0001***

ns

ns

ns

< 0.0001***

0.0005***

LSD0.05

0.7015

0.3157

   

0.61

0.60

  1. Same letters means non-significant effect while different letters means significant effect
  2. * means significant effect
  3. *** means very highly significant effect