Table 2 Effect of endophytically established isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on Plutella xylostella in cabbage (seed treatment method)

NBAIR Bb-5a

26.0 ± 5.09^a

0.0 ± 0.00^c

28.9 ± 5.66^b

42.0 ± 3.74^a

27.4 ± 5.22^b

21.0 ± 1.87^b

NBAIRBb-45

38.0 ± 3.74^a

20.0 ± 3.16^b

42.2 ± 4.17^ab

30.0 ± 3.16^b

40.1 ± 3.18^a

25.0 ± 2.24^b

NBAIRMa-4

10.0 ± 3.16^b

24.0 ± 5.09^b

0.0 ± 0.00^d

48.0 ± 3.74^a

5.0 ± 9.64^c

36.0 ± 2.45^a

NBAIRMa-35

36.0 ± 5.09^a

44.0 ± 5.09^a

48.9 ± 5.68^a

28.0 ± 3.74^b

42.4 ± 9.84^a

36.0 ± 4.0^a

Control

0.0 ± 0.00^c

0.0 ± 0.00^c

10.0 ± 3.16^c

0.0 ± 0.00^c

5.0 ± 9.38^c

0.0 ± 0.00^c

F value

df

18.026

4, 20

27.484

4, 20

23.530

4, 20

32.962

4, 20

35.532

4, 20

35.787

4, 20

LSD (P < 0.01)

15.456

13.886

17.655

13.258

11.849

9.732