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Table 2 In vitro bioassay of Beauveria bassiana isolates against tea mosquito (Helopeltis theivora)

From: Role of beneficial fungi in managing diseases and insect pests of tea plantation

Beauveria bassiana strain

Spore conc./ml

% corrected mortality after 192 h*

Isolate I (IIHR)

2 × 109

93.0 (77.3 ± 6.3)

Isolate II (IIHR)

2 × 109

78.5 (62.9 ± 4.6)

Isolate III (IIHR)

2 × 109

89.3 (74.5 ± 8.3)

Isolate IV (IIHR)

2 × 109

71.5 (57.8 ± 2.1)

BB 3 (tea ecosystem)

2 × 109

85.6 (68.0 ± 3.1)

BB 4 (tea ecosystem)

2 × 109

82.2 (65.3 ± 2.7)

BKN 20 (TRA NBRRDC)

2 × 109

85.6 (68.0 ± 3.1)

C.D.

 

13.5

SE (m)

 

4.5

SE (d)

 

6.3

C.V.

 

13.1

  1. *Mean of 3 replications, values in parenthesis are angular transformed with ± SE