Table 7 Efficacy of different biopesticides against adults of Bemisia tabaci on cucumber under net house conditions during autumn cropping season (2018)

Beauveria bassiana (1 × 10⁹ CFU/ml)

10

40.0 ± 3.2^c

51.6 ± 4.7^b

61.4 ± 6.7^b

51.0 ± 6.2^c

15

43.6 ± 1.8^c

51.7 ± 10.4^b

65.4 ± 1.1^b

53.6 ± 6.4^c

Lecanicillium lecanii (1 × 10⁹ CFU/ml)

10

40.5 ± 2.1^c

53.4 ± 5.8^b

64.6 ± 7.1^b

52.8 ± 7.0^c

15

45.3 ± 2.3^c

56.7 ± 3.4^b

69.2 ± 4.3^b

57.1 ± 6.9^bc

Metarhizium anisopliae (1 × 10⁸ CFU/ml)

10

36.3 ± 1.2^c

47.9 ± 2.6^b

60.3 ± 5.2^b

48.2 ± 6.9^c

15

40.0 ± 1.9^c

49.2 ± 5.2^b

62.8 ± 5.8^b

50.7 ± 6.6^c

Neem Baan (1% W/W)

10

59.1 ± 5.7^b

82.6 ± 1.2^a

92.4 ± 0.2^a

78.0 ± 9.9^ab

15

61.9 ± 6.0^b

85.2 ± 1.4^a

94.2 ± 2.2^a

80.4 ± 9.6^a

Malathion 50 EC

4.0

77.1 ± 2.4^a

91.0 ± 0.8^a

98.9 ± 1.1^a

89.0 ± 6.4^a

F values

16.4

12.9

12.5

4.4

P

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.004