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Table 4 Effect of endophytically established isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on Plutella xylostella in cabbage (foliar application method)

From: Effect of endophytic isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin on Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in cabbage

Isolate

% mortality-2017

% mortality-2018

Mean mortality of 2017 and 2018 (%)

15DAT

30DAT

15DAT

30DAT

15DAT

30DAT

NBAIR Bb-5a

76 ± 4.0a

12 ± 2.0d

75.0 ± 3.95a

13.3 ± 2.22c

75.5 ± 3.76a

12.7 ± 1.29c

NBAIR Bb-45

72 ± 3.74a

30 ± 3.16c

77.5 ± 2.5a

37.8 ± 5.68b

74.8 ± 1.15a

33.9 ± 4.01b

NBAIR Ma-4

74 ± 2.45a

42 ± 3.74b

70.0 ± 8.48a

48.9 ± 4.46ab

72.0 ± 5.31a

45.5 ± 2.71a

NBAIR Ma-35

78 ± 5.83a

58 ± 3.74a

80.0 ± 3.06a

55.6 ± 3.53a

79.0 ± 3.48a

56.8 ± 1.96a

Control

0 ± 0.00b

0 ± 0.00e

20.0 ± 3.16b

10.0 ± 3.16c

10.0 ± 1.58b

5.0 ± 1.58d

F value

80.714

63.667

27.956

26.758

73.727

75.201

df

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

4, 20

LSD (P < 0.01)

14.310

12.932

19.513

16.597

12.638

10.293

  1. Values in columns followed by the different letter are significantly different with each other according to LSD (P < 0.01)