Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Impact of entomopathogenic fungi (Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae) on fruit infestation (%) by Bactrocera cucurbitae under field conditions (pooled data 2017 and 2018)

From: Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) under controlled and open-field conditions on bitter gourd

Treatments	3 DAT	6 DAT	9 DAT	12 DAT	15 DAT	18 DAT	21 DAT	24 DAT	27 DAT	30 DAT
B. bassiana	43.25b	39.24b	34.27c	26.67c	19.97c	15.72d	12.03c	9.98c	8.12d	7.11c
M. anisopliae	49.71ab	46.72a	41.92b	36.31b	31.88b	25.56c	21.28b	19.46b	17.44c	15.14b
Malathion	31.67c	17.69c	13.66d	24.04c	35.09b	42.01b	48.71a	51.68a	52.64a	51.09a
Control	55.91a	51.65a	55.09a	51.79a	53.42a	49.38a	48.85a	47.98a	43.67b	49.44a

Means followed by the same letter in each column are not significantly different according to HSD (P = 0.05) (DAT: days after treatment)

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