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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Mean survival times (MSTs) in days of third-instar Helicoverpa armigera larvae fed using tomato leaves sampled from tomato inoculated and non-inoculated plants with seeds coasting at different Beauveria bassiana concentrations

From: Endophytic colonization of tomato plants by Beauveria bassiana Vuillemin (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) and leaf damage in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae

Treatments

Mean survival time in days (means ± SE)

Local variety

Improved variety

Control

10.7 ± 1.4 aA

8.4 ± 0.9 aA

Bb 115 109 conidia/ml

2.2 ± 0.8 bB

1.5 ± 0.2 bB

Bb 115 107 conidia/ml

2.9 ± 0.3 bB

2.8 ± 0.6 bcB

Bb 11 109 conidia/ml

4.8 ± 0.5 cC

3.2 ± 0.7 cC

Bb 11 107 conidia/ml

5.1 ± 1.1 cC

3.6 ± 0.4 cC

F

11.22

47.13

P

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. In the same column, means followed by the same lowercase letter are not significantly different (between isolates comparison) (ANOVA followed by SNK test at 5%)
  2. In the row, means followed by the same uppercase letter are not significantly different (within concentrations comparison) (ANOVA followed by SNK test at 5%)
  3. ES standard error
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