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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Endophytic colonization of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in maize plant tissues

From: Endophytic establishment of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in maize plants and its effect against Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae

Plant tissue

Beauveria bassiana

Metarhizium anisopliae

Mean ± SE

Fungal colonization (%)

Mean ± SE

Fungal colonization (%)

Roots

25 ± 0.25a

62.5

32 ± 0.29

73.5

Stems

5 ± 0.65c

12.5

0 ± 0.00

0

Leaves

10 ± 0.29b

25.0

0 ± 0.00

0

  1. Means followed by different lowercase letters in the same column differ statically by the chi-square test (p ˂ 0.05)
  2. SE standard error
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