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Table 1 Mortality rates resulting from applications of EPF and secondary metabolites at a concentration of 107 conidia ml−1 to 2nd instar nymphs of Aphis gossypii

From: Effects of some entomopathogenic fungi on the aphid species, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Fungus isolates

1 DAA

3 DAA

5 DAA

7 DAA

Beauveria bassiana

13.33 ± 7.30ab

63.33 ± 19.93ab

80.00 ± 14.97ab

80.00 ± 14.97a

Verticillium alfalfae

0.00 ± 0.00b

23.33 ± 8.79b

46.67 ± 15.66b

73.33 ± 13.47a

MS1 (B. bassiana)

43.33 ± 15.41ab

100.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00a

MS2 (V. alfalfae)

53.33 ± 20.13a

93.33 ± 7.30a

100.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00a

Trichoderma viride

23.33 ± 10.46ab

66.67 ± 10.83ab

86.67 ± 7.30ab

93.33 ± 4.62a

Dimethoate

10.00 ± 10.95ab

33.33 ± 16.65b

66.67 ± 14.61ab

90.00 ± 7.48a

  1. The means followed by the same letters within columns are not significantly different from each other according to Tukey’s HSD (P < 0.05)