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Table 4 Lethal time LT (h) for Ceratitis capitata treated with different concentrations of Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana, and Paecilomyces lilacinus

From: Pathogenicity of three entomopathogenic fungi against the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Concentration

Conidia/ml

LT25

LT50

LT75

LT90

Slope ± SE

χ2

p

Metarhizium anisopliae

1 × 106

45.083

64.390

91.967

126.755

4.357 ± 0.470

17.398

.741

1 × 107

49.929

64.182

82.502

103.424

6.185 ± 0.698

28.908

.147

1 × 108

33.704

49.332

72.208

101.741

4.077 ± 0.447

12.463

.947

1 × 109

41.718

63.467

96.555

140.859

3.701 ± 0.424

13.909

.905

1 × 1010

29.356

40.922

57.046

76.926

4.675 ± 0.530

7.440

.998

Beauveria bassiana

1 × 106

75.240

100.199

133.439

172.688

5.421 ± 0.697

25.201

.288

1 × 107

50.084

79.337

125.678

190.137

3.376 ± 0.429

37.434

.021

1 × 108

56.669

83.214

122.193

172.670

4.043 ± 0.501

24.617

.316

1 × 109

31.858

53.344

89.319

142.045

3.013 ± 0.379

21.962

.462

1 × 1010

23.271

41.498

74.001

124.547

2.685 ± 0.367

4.944

1.000

Paecilomyces lilacinus

1 × 106

61.611

98.800

158.438

242.359

3.289 ± 0.470

7.033

.999

1 × 107

55.873

91.294

149.170

232.063

3.163 ± 0.436

8.145

.997

1 × 108

42.199

61.589

89.889

126.328

4.108 ± 0.475

10.356

.961

1 × 109

31.626

49.303

76.861

114.620

3.498 ± 0.483

6.632

.980

1 × 1010

33.788

47.665

67.242

91.651

4.513 ± 0.488

16.125

.810