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Table 3 Mortality percent of Xanthogaleruca luteola larvae by Metarhizium anisopliae 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

42.67a

34.85a

30.67a

34.87a

27.83a

21.34a

107

36.00a

32.01a

31.07a

26.67a

23.27a

19.70a

106

33.33a

28.40a

21.53a

25.93a

26.00a

14.93a

105

26.47a

24.97a

21.53a

21.34a

22.70a

16.13a

Control

5.33b

2.67b

2.67b

2.67b

4.00b

4.00a

  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.