Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 6 Entomopathogenic fungi on thrips population reduction percentage on Virio 7 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	16.63b	32.04a	51.0a	61.68ab
M. anisopliae 10⁹	20.57b	33.92a	58.93a	62.59ab
M. anisopliae 10¹⁰	22.27b	37.04a	57.07a	67.12ab
M. anisopliae 10¹¹	33.75b	38.09a	57.77a	71.14ab
Beauveria bassiana 10⁸	21.28b	36.43a	55.12a	74.97a
B. bassiana 10⁹	25.61b	41.47a	56.00a	76.96a
B. bassiana 10¹⁰	26.42b	45.53a	65.51a	77.95a
B. bassiana 10¹¹	26.70b	49.93a	68.65a	79.41a
Bifenthrin	80.78a	66.81a	54.77a	35.21b
HSD value	34.77	56.4	36.14	38.54

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

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