Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Entomopathogenic fungi on thrips population reduction percentage on Phulkara onion variety during 2020

From: Effect of entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae, on Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) populations in different onion cultivars

Treatments (conidia/ml)	Reduction (%) of onion thrips
Treatments (conidia/ml)	(3rd day)	(5th day)	(7th day)	(10th day)
Metarhizium anisopliae 10⁸	24.08b	31.21b	44.4b	60.01ab
M. anisopliae 10⁹	25.10b	36.60b	56.43a	67.55ab
M. anisopliae 10¹⁰	18.32b	38.67b	58.1a	69.52ab
M. anisopliae 10¹¹	21.47b	40.19b	65.63a	71.76ab
Beauveria bassiana 10⁸	15.27b	36.49b	62.2a	73.49ab
B. bassiana 10⁹	22.13b	40.78b	70.63a	76.05ab
B. bassiana 10¹⁰	23.68b	30.12b	67.79a	77.16a
B. bassiana 10¹¹	35.48b	37.64b	74.20a	79.19a
Bifenthrin	75.43a	67.99a	53.95a	49.47b
HSD value	24.55	24.25	22.01	27.44

Columns having same letter are not statistically different (P ≥ 0.05, ANOVA)

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