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Table 5 Lethal time (LT) (days) of different concentrations of Metarizium anisopilae in oral bioassay inducing fifty (LT50) and ninety (LT90) percent mortality of Bactrocera zonata adults

From: Pathogenicity of fungal and bacterial bioinsecticides against adult peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae) admixed with adult diet under controlled conditions

Concentrations (CFU ml−1)

Male Bactrocera zonata

Female Bactrocera zonata

LT50 (days)

FD limit

LT90 (days)

FD limit

Slope ± S.E

df

LT50 (days)

FD limit

LT90 (days)

FD limit

Slope ± S.E

df

1 × 108

4.63

3.93–4.90

5.55

4.30–6.33

5.18 ± 0.63

1

4.47

4.18–4.69

5.73

4.43–7.55

4.01 ± 0.68

1

5 × 107

4.71

3.99–5.87

5.7

4.40–6.10

5.12 ± 0.61

1

4.50

4.17–4.75

5.86

4.46–7.67

4.23 ± 0.65

1

1 × 107

4.84

4.07–5.98

6.03

5.63–7.52

4.57 ± 0.60

1

4.60

4.32–4.83

6.01

5.11–7.87

5.31 ± 0.69

1

5 × 106

4.99

4.00–5.82

6.36

5.93–7.95

4.33 ± 0.64

1

4.84

4.56–5.08

6.21

5.21–7.98

5.87 ± 0.75

1

1 × 106

5.16

4.78–5.40

6.54

5.10–7.56

4.37 ± 0.66

1

4.96

4.68–5.18

6.31

5.00–8.34

5.91 ± 0.76

1

5 × 105

5.42

5.37–5.98

7.35

6.60–8.16

3.49 ± 0.69

1

5.11

4.81–5.37

6.71

5.29–8.47

5.97 ± 0.77

1

1 × 105

5.60

5.36–5.84

7.67

6.80–9.56

3.77 ± 0.74

1

5.31

5.02–5.57

6.92

5.35–8.89

5.98 ± 0.81

1

5 × 104

5.86

5.52–6.10

8.13

7.17–9.67

3.79 ± 0.79

1

5.49

5.21–6.77

7.04

6.12–9.71

6.75 ± 0.89

1

1 × 104

5.97

5.63–6.66

8.65

7.40–10.59

3.58 ± 0.82

1

5.72

6.46–7.01

7.10

6.23–9.98

6.86 ± 1.05

1

5 × 103

6.08

6.00–6.69

8.06

7.15–11.35

4.88 ± 0.99

1

5.96

6.67–7.36

7.52

6.34–10.01

7.06 ± 1.09

1

1 × 103

6.32

6.21–7.13

8.35

7.01–10.45

5.99 ± 1.16

1

6.34

6.99–8.01

7.86

6.35–10.93

7.29 ± 1.35

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