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Table 6 Compatibility of different vegetable oils on the growth of Lecanicillium lecanii

From: Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimmermann) Zare & Gams, as an efficient biocontrol agent of tea thrips, Scirtothrips bispinosus Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

T. no.

Treatments

Colony diameter (cm)

Spore germination (%)

No. of conidia (×107 ml−1)

Day 5

Day 10

Day 15

T1

Sun flower oil

9.33±2.12d

16.00±3.11cd

18.33±3.23b

87.33±5.12bc

84.67±5.34c

T2

Ground nut oil

5.33±2.01a

15.67±3.12bc

21.00±3.36d

88.33±5.45c

76.00±4.57a

T3

Coconut oil

10.00±2.34e

15.00±3.14b

21.33±3.26de

92.33±5.56de

94.33±5.78d

T4

Paraffinic oil

5.67±1.87a

10.67±2.16a

15.67±2.14a

79.33±4.36a

79.33±5.39b

T5

Castor oil

8.67±2.12c

15.33±3.19bc

19.67±3.19c

85.67±5.35b

85.67±5.47c

T6

Neem oil

11.33±3.12f

16.67±3.14d

22.00±3.56e

93.00±5.78e

92.33±5.57d

T7

Control

7.67±2.19b

15.67±3.17bc

18.00±3.43b

91.00±5.67d

93.00±5.69d

CD=0.05

5.33a

15.67bc

21.00d

1.85

2.47

CV (%)

10.00e

15.00b

23.67e

1.43

1.96

  1. Means followed by similar letters in a column are not significantly different at 5% (DMRT F test, p>0.05)