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

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

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

Isolate	% mortality-2017		% mortality-2018		Mean mortality of 2017 and 2018 (%)
Isolate	15DAT	30DAT	15DAT	30DAT	15DAT	30DAT
NBAIR Bb-5a	76 ± 4.0^a	12 ± 2.0^d	75.0 ± 3.95^a	13.3 ± 2.22^c	75.5 ± 3.76^a	12.7 ± 1.29^c
NBAIR Bb-45	72 ± 3.74^a	30 ± 3.16^c	77.5 ± 2.5^a	37.8 ± 5.68^b	74.8 ± 1.15^a	33.9 ± 4.01^b
NBAIR Ma-4	74 ± 2.45^a	42 ± 3.74^b	70.0 ± 8.48^a	48.9 ± 4.46^ab	72.0 ± 5.31^a	45.5 ± 2.71^a
NBAIR Ma-35	78 ± 5.83^a	58 ± 3.74^a	80.0 ± 3.06^a	55.6 ± 3.53^a	79.0 ± 3.48^a	56.8 ± 1.96^a
Control	0 ± 0.00^b	0 ± 0.00^e	20.0 ± 3.16^b	10.0 ± 3.16^c	10.0 ± 1.58^b	5.0 ± 1.58^d
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

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