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Table 5 In vivo evaluation of Beauveria bassiana in different combination of adjuvants

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

Treatment

Infestation reduction (%)*

Number of mycosed insect after 10 days*

T1, Beauveria bassiana at 5 × 107/ml + Tween 20 + crude sugar

47.6 (43.6 ± 3.6)

3.7

T2, B. bassiana at 1 × 108/ml + Tween 20 + crude sugar

52.3 (46.3 ± 3.1)

4.0

T3, B. bassiana at 5 × 107 + Tween 20

38.3 (38.1 ± 3.7)

3.3

T4, B. Bassiana at 1 × 108 + Tween 20

42.3 (40.4 ± 4.4)

4.3

T5, Tween 20 + crude sugar

12.2 (16.9 ± 8.5)

0.0

T6, Standard insecticide check (Thiamethoxam)

83.6 (66.2 ± 1.7)

0.0

T7, Untreated control

-

0.0

CD

15.9

 

SE (d)

7.1

 

SE (m)

4.9

 

CV

20.6

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