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Table 2 Mortality percent of Xanthogaleruca luteola larvae by Beauveria bassiana using immersion and spraying methods

From: Pathogenicity of two fungal pathogens on larvae of the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola Muller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Concentration conidia/ml

Immersion

Spraying

L1

L2

L3

L1

L2

L3

108

64.00 a

54.67 a

44.00 a

48.00 a

37.67 a

27.34 a

107

53.33 ab

42.66 ab

40.00 a

41.33 ab

30.33 a

25.33 a

106

42.66 ab

38.66 ab

31.66 a

31.98 ab

27.26 a

25.04 a

105

36.07 b

26.86 bc

27.06 a

26.66 bc

21.34 ab

20.18 a

Control

5.34 c

6.67 c

1.67 b

6.68 c

8.33 b

5.34 b

  1. L1 the 1st instar larvae, L2 the 2nd instar larvae, L3 the 3rd instar larvae. The same letters in each column had no statistically significant differences.