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Table 1 Mortality rates (%) of Tuta absoluta larvae after application of suspensions of entomopathogenic fungi

From: Entomopathogenic efficacy of the endophytic fungi: Clonostachys sp. and Beauveria bassiana on Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) larvae under laboratory and greenhouse conditions

Treatments (spores/ml)/times after infestation

Mortality rates (%)

24 h

48 h

72 h

Beauveria bassiana

D1 = 4 × 107

80

100

100

D2 = 4 × 106

40

65

100

D3 = 4 × 105

40

50

55

Clonostachys spp.

D1 = 4 × 107

90

90

100

D2 = 4 × 106

35

70

80

D3 = 4 × 105

30

60

70

Control

D0 = 0

10

13

20