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Table 4 Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae against different 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

M. anisopliae

LC50 (95%)

Slope±S.E

χ2

LC50 (95%)

Slope±S.E

χ2

2nd instar

2.782× 104 (5.334× 103–3.201× 104)

0.31±0.028

0.601

1.14 × 106 (3.754× 105–6.584× 106)

0.44±0.029

0.886

3rd instar

2.56 × 105 (3.743× 104–2.884× 105)

0.41±0.036

0.815

2.15 × 106 (3.45× 105–4.684× 106)

0.33±0.036

0.967