Table 1 Estimated lethal concentrations for Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on 1st instar larvae of Xanthogaleruca luteola using immersion and spraying methods
Fungal isolates | Methods | df | LC50 (spore/ml) 95% CL | LC90 (spore/ml) 95% CL | Slope ± SE | χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. bassiana | Immersion | 3 | 3.88 × 102 (3.47–4.46) | 14.04 × 102 (10.49–21.84) | 2.29 ± 0.08 | 4.81 | 0.89 |
Spraying | 3 | 7.52 × 102 (6.01–10.75) | 50.91 × 102 (28.15–131.14) | 1.54 ± 0.07 | 3.20 | 0.92 | |
M. anisopliae | Immersion | 3 | 7.05 × 102 (5.79–9.54) | 35.23 × 102 (20.26–93.21) | 2.74 ± 0.07 | 1.53 | 0.91 |
Spraying | 3 | 11.85 × 102 (8.37–22.27) | 99.28 × 102 (43.35–465.61) | 1.38 ± 0.81 | 3.12 | 0.88 |