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Table 1 Effect of Beauveria bassiana (Bb) and plant extracts on mortality, pupation, and adult emergence (% ± SE) of 3rd larval instars of Tribolium castaneum

From: Compatibility of some botanicals and the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Bals.), against the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Treatments

Mortality (%)

Pupae inhibition (%)

Adult inhibition (%)

B1

21.29 ± 2.18 g

52.87 ± 1.49c

44.20 ± 1.23b

B2

26.47 ± 2.50 g

34.43 ± 2.22f

31.90 ± 0.93 d

B3

32.68 ± 3.26f

28.75 ± 2.20 h

25.13 ± 1.11d

TE

7.521.73i

42.12 ± 2.52d

39.41 ± 2.83c

EE

9.89 ± 2.30hi

40.04 ± 1.89e

36.96 ± 1.34c

NE

14.61 ± 3.22 h

35.10 ± 2.62f

30.58 ± 1.63de

B1 × TE

15.54 ± 1.12 h

39.62 ± 2.42 g

31.08 ± 1.63f

B1 × EE

22.18 ± 2.61 g

33.14 ± 1.92f

30.08 ± 2.23de

B1 × NE

31.15 ± 3.62f

29.32 ± 2.79f

26.08 ± 2.50d

B2 × TE

38.87 ± 2.93e

25.51 ± 2.54e

22.78 ± 1.66c

B2 × EE

40.05 ± 1.11d

30.19 ± 1.85 h

26.19 ± 1.79f

B2 × NE

46.17 ± 1.92 c

23.65 ± 1.67 g

19.34 ± 1.39e

B3 × TE

50.23 ± 1.19 c

17.10 ± 1.92d

18.13 ± 2.13bc

B3 × EE

60.35 ± 1.33b

13.10 ± 1.92d

10.13 ± 2.13bc

B3 × NE

71.32 ± 1.33a

9.71 ± 2.23b

4.89 ± 2.63b

Control

-

69.81 ± 1.98a

61.10 ± 2.10a

 

F = 234.81, df = 16

F = 81.52 df = 16

F = 10.34, df = 16

  1. B1 0.3 × 108conidia, B2 0.6 × 108 conidia, B3 0.9 × 108 conidia, TE tobacco extract, EE eucalyptus extract, NE neem extract.The lettering (a-g) shown that treatment means having similar letterings are not significantly different from each other