Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Entomopathogenic fungi on thrips population reduction percentage on Swat 1 onion variety during 2019

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	14.25e	20.62f	41.65f	68.45c
M. anisopliae 10⁹	16.49de	27.36e	53.25de	70.82c
M. anisopliae 10¹⁰	15.06e	28.14de	46.36ef	75.12bc
M. anisopliae 10¹¹	17.75de	34.35cd	60.62bcd	77.99ab
Beauveria bassiana 10⁸	16.35de	33.96cd	57.39bcd	80.64ab
B. bassiana 10⁹	22.36bc	37.04bc	65.22b	82.90a
B. bassiana 10¹⁰	19.36cd	36.45bc	63.72bc	84.16a
B. bassiana 10¹¹	24.43b	40.83b	76.50a	84.59a
Bifenthrin	81.01a	76.63a	52.60cde	39.31d
HSD value	3.99	6.48	9.92	6.69

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

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