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Table 5 Sex ratio, number of eggs per female, egg viability, caterpillar weight, pre-pup weight (g), and pupa weight (g) of Helicoverpa armigera treated with Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae

From: Sublethal effects of different fungal isolates on Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Treatments

Sex ratio

Egg viability (%)

10th day weight

Pre-pupal weight

Pupa weight

Beauveria bassiana

 ARSEF 1149

0.55

95.87 ± 0.95 a

0.10 ± 0.01 b

0.36 ± 0.01 a

0.31 ± 0.00 a

 ESALQ 1288

0.52

92.23 ± 0.86 a

0.09 ± 0.01 b

0.36 ± 0.01 a

0.30 ± 0.00 a

 IBCB 36

0.50

95.16 ± 0.98 a

0.07 ± 0.00 b

0.31 ± 0.01 a

0.32 ± 0.01 a

 IBCB 170

0.41

83.09 ± 0.78 b

0.09 ± 0.01 b

0.36 ± 0.01 a

0.33 ± 0.00 a

 IBCB 1363

0.40

75.24 ± 0.72 c

0.07 ± 0.00 b

0.21 ± 0.01 b

0.20 ± 0.01 b

 Control

0.50

96.36 ± 0.65 a

0.26 ± 0.01 a

0.33 ± 0.02 a

0.32 ± 0.01 a

Metarhizium anisopliae

 IBCB 425

0.50

60.14 ± 0.69 c

0.07 ± 0.01 bc

0.31 ± 0.02 a

0.32 ± 0.01 a

 ESALQ 860

0.43

86.83 ± 0.41 b

0.08 ± 0.01 bd

0.22 ± 0.01 b

0.24 ± 0.01 b

 ESALQ 1051

0.41

93.56 ± 0.58 a

0.09 ± 0.00 bd

0.22 ± 0.02 b

0.25 ± 0.01 b

 Control

0.50

97.39 ± 0.65 a

0.21 ± 0.01 a

0.36 ± 0.01 a

0.35 ± 0.00 a

  1. Means (± standard error) followed by the same letter in the columns are not significantly different by Tukey’s test at 5% significance level (p < 0.05)