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Table 2 Leaf dipping and direct spraying LT50 values against Orosanga japonica nymphs

From: Natural infection potential and efficacy of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana against Orosanga japonica (Melichar)

 

Isolate 1

 

Isolate 2

 

Dose (conidia/ml)

Mortality/actual infection %

LT50 (days)

Lower bound

Upper bound

 

Mortality/actual infection %

LT50 (days)

Lower bound

Upper bound

Leaf dipping

1 × 104

74

6.634

ND

ND

 

72

7.23

ND

ND

1 × 105

78

4.721

4.145

5.282

 

79

5.68

ND

ND

1 × 106

89

2.922

2.159

3.505

 

88

2.563

0.702

3.614

Control

2

 

ND

ND

 

4

   

Direct spraying

1 × 104

71

5.859

ND

ND

 

70

6.958

ND

ND

1 × 105

90

3.947

ND

ND

 

88

4.419

3.58

5.07

1 × 106

96

3.026

ND

ND

 

90

2.854

1.328

3.778

Control

3

    

5

   

Leaf dipping actual infection

1 × 104

76

    

77

   

1 × 105

83

    

81

   

1 × 106

94

    

95

   

Control

2

    

3

   

Direct spraying actual infection

1 × 104

80

    

81

   

1 × 105

96

    

94

   

1 × 106

95

    

93

   

Control

3

    

4