Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Virulence of the most affected isolates on different days old larvae of the spiny bollworm

From: Effect of Bacillus safensis NBRC 100820 isolated from cotton plant against the spiny bollworm, Earias insulana (Boisduval)

Bacterial isolates number	Mortality %
	3 day-old larvae		5 day-old larvae		7 day-old larvae		10 day-old larvae
	After 48 h	After 96 h	After 48 h	After 96 h	After 48 h	After 96 h	After 48 h	After 96 h
12	0	90	0	50	0	50	0	30
18	10	50	0	45	0	30	0	10
6	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10
66	10	40	0	10	0	0	0	0
70	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10
Control	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Back to article page