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Table 2 In vitro bio-efficacy of Metarhizium and Beauveria isolates against Basilepta subcostata

From: Entomopathogenic fungi as a promising biological control agent against banana fruit scarring beetle, Basilepta subcostata (Jac.) (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)

Isolates’ name

Species

Per cent mortality (in days after treatment)

Day 3

Day 5

Day 8

NRCB EPF2

B. bassiana

32.7 (34.0)

61.7 (51.8)

91.7 (73.4)

NRCB EPF8

B. bassiana

33.3 (35.3)

68.3 (55.9)

93.3 (77.5)

NRCB EPF14

B. bassiana

28.3 (31.6)

56.7 (48.8)

93.3 (77.9)

NRCB EPF22

B. bassiana

41.3 (40.2)

71.7 (57.9)

93.3 (80.7)

NRCB EFPMP1

B. bassiana

38.3 (38.2)

80.0 (63.5)

91.7 (73.4)

NRCB EPF27

B. brongniartii

45.0 (42.1)

95.0 (79.3)

100.0 (89.4)

NRCB EPF28

B. brongniartii

30.0 (32.9)

70.3 (56.9)

93.3 (77.5)

NRCB EPF29

B. bassiana

38.3 (38.2)

78.3 (62.8)

91.7 (76.0)

NRCB EPF30

B. bassiana

30.0 (33.2)

60.0 (50.9)

93.3 (77.5)

NRCB EPF32

B. bassiana

40.0 (39.2)

80.0 (63.4)

98.3 (85.3)

NRCB EPF16

M. anisopliae

41.7 (40.2)

73.3 (60.0)

91.7 (73.4)

NRCB EPF17

M. anisopliae

33.3 (35.1)

68.3 (56.3)

95.0 (79.3)

NRCB EPF18

M. anisopliae

38.3 (38.2)

78.3 (60.1)

96.7 (81.2)

NRCB EPF19

M. anisopliae

40.0 (39.2)

70.0 (57.3)

88.3 (73.6)

NRCB EPF6

M. anisopliae

45.0 (36.2)

76.7 (61.1)

91.7 (76.0)

NRCB EPF7

M. pinghaense

35.0 (42.1)

75.0 (62.5)

100.0 (89.4)

NRCB EPF9

M. anisopliae

31.7 (34.2)

66.7 (54.8)

91.7 (73.4)

NRCB EPF10

M. robertsii

30.0 (32.9)

71.7 (58.3)

95.0 (82.0)

NRCB EPF11

M. quizhouense

35.0 (36.2)

73.3 (59.0)

93.3 (75.2)

NRCB EPF12

M. anisopliae

40.0 (39.2)

75.0 (60.1)

96.7 (83.4)

NRCB EPF13

M. anisopliae

36.7 (37.2)

78.3 (61.1)

95.0 (79.3)

NRCB EPF23

M. robertsii

36.7 (37.1)

78.3 (62.5)

98.3 (85.3)

NRCB EPF24

M. robertsii

36.7 (37.3)

78.3 (60.0)

95.0 (79.3)

NRCB EPF33

M. robertsii

36.7 (37.1)

78.3 (62.5)

98.3 (85.3)

NRCB EPF34

M. robertsii

36.7 (37.1)

78.362.5)

98.3 (85.3)

NRCB EPF35

M. anisopliae

30.0 (42.1)

85.0 (79.3)

98.3 (85.3)

NRCB EPF36

M. anisopliae

35.0 (36.2)

85.0 (67.4)

100.0 (89.4)

Commercial

M. anisopliae

36.7 (36.2)

78.3 (59.0)

98.3 (75.2)

Commercial

M. anisopliae

36.7 (37.1)

78.3 (62.5)

98.3 (85.3)

BCRL formulation

B. bassiana

36.7 (37.1)

75.0 (62.5)

95.0 (85.3)

TARI formulation

B. bassiana

30.0 (37.3)

71.7 (60.0)

95.0 (79.3)

Control

Water+Glycerol

(0.6)

(0.6)

0. (8.8)

Coefficient of variation

12.814

10.218

0.608

CD (0.01)

9.789

12.750

1.147

CD (0.05)

7.371

9.601

0.864

  1. *p< 0.001 (highly significant) and p < 0.05 (significant)
  2. Two-way factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) at α = 0.05, CV% coefficient of variation
  3. Values represent means of three replicates
  4. Values in parentheses represent arcsine transformations