Tr. no.
|
Treatments
|
Colony units/gram
|
Formulation
|
Concentration (g or ml/l of water)
|
---|
1
|
Lecanicillium lecanii
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
2
|
2
|
L. lecanii
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
4
|
3
|
L. leanii
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
6
|
4
|
Beauveria bassiana
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
2
|
5
|
B. bassiana
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
4
|
6
|
B. bassiana
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
6
|
7
|
L. lecanii + B. bassiana
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
2 + 2
|
8
|
L. lecanii + B. bassiana
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
4 + 4
|
9
|
L. lecanii + B. bassiana
|
2 × 108 cfu/g
|
WP
|
6 + 6
|
10
|
Imidacloprid 17.8 SL (Confider®)
|
–
|
–
|
0.25
|
11
|
Wetting agent (Sure shot®)
|
–
|
–
|
0.25
|
12
|
Distilled water (sole)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
13
|
Untreated control (no spray)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
- Note: Imidacloprid 17.8 SL (Confider®) was used as a chemical check. The formulations of entomopathogenic fungi used were L. lecanii (Krishnaprabha verticillium® 80 WP) and B. bassiana (Krishnaprabha Beauveria ® 80 WP)