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Table 6 Lethal time (LT) (days) of different concentrations of Beauveria bassiana 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

5.23

4.93–5.47

6.57

6.30–6.94

5.28 ± 0.65

1

5.50

5.17–5.75

7.00

6.69–7.44

4.98 ± 0.63

1

5 × 107

5.31

4.99–5.56

6.73

6.44–7.13

5.07 ± 0.63

1

5.47

5.18–5.69

6.75

6.49–7.10

5.68 ± 0.66

1

1 × 107

5.41

5.07–5.68

7.00

6.67–7.48

4.67 ± 0.62

1

5.60

5.32–5.83

6.88

6.62–7.24

5.81 ± 0.67

1

5 × 106

5.54

5.17–5.82

7.32

6.93–7.97

4.30 ± 0.62

1

5.84

5.56–6.08

7.24

6.94–7.68

5.60 ± 0.70

1

1 × 106

5.72

5.37–6.00

7.55

7.12–8.29

4.34 ± 0.64

1

5.96

5.68–6.18

7.32

7.01–7.76

5.83 ± 0.73

1

5 × 105

5.92

5.49–6.28

8.37

7.64–10.06

3.47 ± 0.65

1

6.11

5.81–6.37

7.73

7.31–8.43

5.10 ± 0.73

1

1 × 105

6.26

5.88–6.64

8.65

7.84–10.54

3.71 ± 0.70

1

6.31

6.02–6.57

7.90

7.45–8.67

5.35 ± 0.79

1

5 × 104

6.59

6.19–7.10

8.74

8.12–11.67

3.72 ± 0.75

1

6.49

6.21–6.77

8.06

7.58–8.94

5.54 ± 0.85

1

1 × 104

6.89

6.44–7.64

9.07

8.41–13.53

3.54 ± 0.79

1

6.72

6.46–7.01

8.12

7.66–9.01

6.34 ± 1.02

1

5 × 103

7.08

6.71–7.69

9.10

8.18–11.30

4.85 ± 0.96

1

6.96

6.67–7.36

8.50

7.89–9.82

6.01 ± 1.07

1

1 × 103

7.14

6.82–7.66

9.67

8.03–10.40

5.94 ± 1.14

1

7.34

6.99–8.01

8.89

8.12–10.91

6.27 ± 1.30

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