Table 3 Effect of endophytically established isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on Plutella xylostella in cabbage (root inoculation method)

NBAIR Bb-5a

0 ± 0.00^c

0 ± 0.00^d

0 ± 0.00^c

0 ± 0.00^c

0 ± 0.00^d

0 ± 0.00^c

NBAIR Bb-45

0 ± 0.00^c

18 ± 3.74^c

20 ± 4.47^b

10 ± 0.00^b

10 ± 2.24^b

23 ± 1.87^b

NBAIR Ma-4

12 ± 2.00^b

32 ± 5.83^b

46 ± 5.09^a

0 ± 0.00^c

35 ± 3.32^c

16 ± 2.92^b

NBAIR Ma-35

30 ± 3.16^a

50 ± 3.16^a

50 ± 4.47^a

20 ± 3.16^a

40 ± 2.74^a

35 ± 2.74^a

Control

0 ± 0.00^c

0 ± 0.00^d

0 ± 0.00^c

0 ± 0.00^c

0 ± 0.00^d

0 ± 0.00^c

F value

61.714

39.828

44.030

40.000

68.766

53.333

df

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

LSD (P < 0.01)

7.504

13.701

16.105

5.842

9.862

8.132