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Table 2 Effect of the fungal isolates against the newly hatched larvae (neonate) of Pectinophora gossypiella

From: Virulence of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on different stages of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Entomopathogenic fungi

Concentration spores/ml

Larval mortality (%)

Pupation (%)

Pupal mortality (%)

Adult emergency (%)

Adult mortality (%)

Total mortality (%)

Corrected mortality (%)

Metarhizium anisopliae

1012

92.50

07.50

66.7

02.50

0.00

97.50

97.30

1011

75.00

25.00

20.0

20.00

37.5

87.5

78.41

1010

45.00

55.00

4.5

52.50

14.3

55.00

43.24

109

27.50

72.50

00.00

100.00

6.90

32.50

21.62

108

15.00

85.00

00.00

100.00

0.00

15.00

8.11

Control

07.50

92.50

00.00

100.00

0.00

07.50

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Beauveria bassiana

1012

100.00

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100.00

100.00

1011

82.50

17.50

28.60

12.50

60.0

95.50

86.11

1010

70.00

30.00

8.0

27.50

18.1

77.50

69.44

109

47.50

52.50

00.00

100.00

9.25

52.50

41.67

108

32.50

67.50

00.00

100.00

7.41

37.50

25.00

Control

10.00

90.00

00.00

100.00

0.00

10.00

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