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Table 7 Effect of Lecanicillium lecanii on some biological parameters of Oligotapygmaea

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

T. no.

Treatment

Larval mortality (%)

Larval period (days)

Pupal period (days)

Adult emergence (%)

T1

Dip talc powder

3.33±0.12a

6.67±1.17a

14.33±3.12a

83.33±5.23a

T2

Larval dip in spore suspension

3.33±0.12a

6.33±1.13a

15.00±3.16a

83.33±5.23a

T3

Larval crawl on dried spore suspension

0.00±0.00a

6.00±1.11a

15.33±3.14a

83.33±5.23a

T4

Spraying of spore suspension

6.67±1.17a

6.33±1.13a

15.33±3.13a

80.00±5.11a

T5

Control

3.33±0.13a

6.67±1.17a

15.33±3.13a

83.33±5.23a

 

CD (5%)

9.60

1.36

1.25

10.65

 

CV (%)

124.90

9.20

3.59

5.59

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