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Table 4 Effect of the fungal isolates against pupal stage 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

Pupal mortality (%)

Adult emergence (%)

Adult mortality (%)

Total mortality (%)

Corrected mortality (%)

Metarhizium anisopliae

1012

72.50

27.5

45.6

85.0

83.75

1011

65.00

35.00

28.6

75.0

72.9

1010

47.50

52.50

14.3

55.0

51.35

109

32.5

67.50

11.1

40.0

35.13

108

17.5

82.5

3.0

20.0

13.5

Control

5.00

95.0

2.5

7.5

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Beauveria bassiana

1012

85.0

15.00

5.00

90.0

89.47

1011

77.5

22.50

7.50

85.00

84.21

1010

70.0

30.00

7.5

77.5

76.32

109

47.5

52.50

5.0

52.5

50.0

108

35.0

65.00

2.5

37.5

34.2

Control

2.50

97.50

2.5

5.0

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