Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana against larval instars of Plutella xylostella

From: On the virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), against the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Fungi	Method 1			Method 2
B. bassiana	LC₅₀ (95%)	Slope±S.E	χ²	LC₅₀ (95%)	Slope±S.E	χ²
2^nd instar	1.782× 10⁴ (4.864× 10³–3.984× 10⁴)	0.26±0.034	0.809	1.14 × 10⁵ (3.754× 10⁴–6.584× 10⁵)	0.30±0.044	0.609
3^rd instar	2.56 × 10⁵ (5.864× 10⁴–2.584× 10⁵)	0.31±0.028	0.710	3.08 × 10⁵ (5.45× 10⁴–5.684× 10⁵)	0.33±0.038	0.642

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