Effect of entomopathogenic fungi against invasive pest Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 4 Field evaluation of entomofungal pathogens against fall armyworm in maize during 2018

Treatments	Pre-treatment Fall armyworm incidence before first spray		Post-treatment* Fall armyworm incidence after three sprays		Cob yield* Q/ha
Treatments	Infested plants by FAW	Plant infestation (%)	Infested plants by FAW	Plant infestation (%)	Cob yield* Q/ha
T1: Metarhizium anisopliae ICAR-NBAIR Ma-35	82	68.33	24.33^a	20.28^a	27.08^a
T2: Beauveria bassiana ICAR-NBAIR Bb-45	79	65.83	25.67^a	21.39^a	22.68^a
Control	77	64.17	80.33^b	66.94^b	10.18^b
CD@5%	NS	NS	0.220	0.568	0.588
CV	–	–	9.21	9.21	12.611

*Values in columns followed by the different letters are significantly (P < 0.01) different with each other
NS non-significant