Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 5 Entomopathogenic fungi on thrips population reduction percentage on Virio 7 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	14.68f	23.66d	42.89f	69.11d
M. anisopliae 10⁹	16.37ef	28.40d	50.97de	70.33d
M. anisopliae 10¹⁰	17.89de	28.97d	48.23ef	75.33cd
M. anisopliae 10¹¹	18.26cde	35.51bc	59.60bc	79.57bc
Beauveria bassiana 10⁸	19.93cd	34.72c	56.67cd	78.65bc
B. bassiana 10⁹	21.01bc	37.47bc	65.03ab	80.58abc
B. bassiana 10¹⁰	20.86bc	36.49bc	67.14a	82.70ab
B. bassiana 10¹¹	23.74b	40.97b	71.91a	86.00a
Bifenthrin	78.14a	74.47a	49.11cde	31.69e
HSD value	3.22	5.9	6.38	6.41

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

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