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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Effect of Metarhizium anisopliae 5% AS on tea yield

From: Potential of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. in controlling live-wood eating termite, Microtermes obesi (Holmgren) (Blattodea: Termitidae) infesting tea crop

Treatments

Concentration/ha

*Green leaf yield (kg/plot) (mean* ± SE)

Processed tea (kg/ha/year) (mean* ± SE)

Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. 5%AS

600 ml$

2.50de ± 0.29

388 ± 4.19

800 ml$

2.51 cd ± 0.19

390.5 ± 4.25

1000 ml$

2.61ab ± 0.16

405 ± 4.45

1200 ml$

2.65a ± 0.22

411 ± 4.37

Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. 5%AS + Thiamethoxam 25WG

1000 ml$ + 100 gm

2.63a ± 0.23

408.5 ± 4.21

Thiamethoxam 25WG

100 gm

2.55bc ± 0.18

396 ± 4.36

Untreated control

–

2.43e ± 0.14

378 ± 4.25

  1. *Values represent the mean of three replications ± standard error, for green leaf yield (obtained from six rounds of leaf plucking after treatments at weekly interval for two consecutive seasons)
  2. $Containing 2 × 107 conidia/ml. Values in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other at the 95% confidence interval (P < 0.05) using Tukey’s post-hoc Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test
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