Productivity, pathogenicity, host range, and spore mass-propagation of local strain of Mattesia sp. isolated from insect cadavers of certain stored grain pests in Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Range of spore counts and their estimated increases (folds) per Mattesia-infected host relative to those of Laemophloeus turcicus

Insect pest	Mattesia spore count (range) per adult, larva, or pupa	Range of estimated increases (folds) in spore counts relative to L. turcicus
Plodia interpunctella larvae	0.76–23.6 × 10⁷ spores	13–79-fold
P. interpunctella pupa	1.20–1.7 × 10⁷ spores	6–20-fold
P. interpunctella moth	0.96–1.8 × 10⁷ spores	6–16-fold
Galleria mellonella larvae	1.20–1.5 × 10⁷ spores	5–20-fold
Rhyzopertha dominica adult	0.96–1.2 × 10⁷ spores	4–16-fold
Sitophilus zeamais adult	0.84–2.40 × 10⁷ spores	8–14-fold
Laemophloeus turcicus adult	0.06–0.3 × 10⁷ spores