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Table 3 Effect of entomopathogenic fungi enriched with organic amendments against white grub in groundnut (season of 2019)

From: Field evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungi enriched with organic amendments against Holotrichia consanguinea Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting groundnut crop

Tr. no

Treatments

Dead plants (%)

1–20 DAG

21–40 DAG

41–60 DAG

61–80 DAG

Mean over period

1

Neem cake @ 1 ton/ha

5.03ab

(0.77)

14.21b

(6.03)

16.84cde

(8.42)

21.16b

(13.05)

14.30c

(6.10)

2

Neem cake @ 1 ton/ha + Beauveria bassiana 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

4.95ab

(0.75)

13.02b

(5.08)

14.05ef

(5.92)

17.44c

(9.00)

12.36d

(4.58)

3

Neem cake @ 1 ton/ha + Metarhizium anisopliae 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

4.90ab

(0.73)

9.13c

(2.53)

9.87 g

(3.00)

12.68d

(5.07)

9.14e

(2.52)

4

Poultry manure @ 1 ton/ha

5.03ab

(0.77)

13.70b

(5.62)

17.09bcd

(8.64)

21.46b

(13.39)

14.31c

(6.11)

5

Poultry manure @ 1 ton/ha + B. bassiana 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

5.25a

(0.84)

14.04b

(5.89)

16.66de

(8.33)

21.00b

(12.89)

14.23c

(6.04)

6

Poultry manure @ 1 ton/ha + M. anisopliae 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @2 kg/ha

4.52ab

(0.63)

12.81b

(4.95)

13.63f

(5.67)

17.15c

(8.72)

12.02d

(4.34)

7

Vermicompost @ 1 ton/ha

5.35a

(0.87)

15.58ab

(7.25)

20.26a

(12.00)

24.23ab

(16.92)

16.35b

(7.92)

8

Vermicompost @ 1 ton/ha + B. bassiana 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

4.51ab

(0.62)

14.88ab

(6.66)

19.59abc

(11.25)

23.91ab

(16.50)

15.72b

(7.34)

9

Vermicompost @ 1 ton/ha + M. anisopliae 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

4.03b

(0.50)

8.46c

(2.20)

9.14 g

(2.53)

11.63d

(4.10)

8.31e

(2.09)

10

Castor cake @ 1 ton/ha

4.43ab

(0.63)

15.45ab

(7.17)

19.86ab

(11.55)

23.99ab

(16.67)

15.93b

(7.53)

11

Castor cake @ 1 ton/ha + B. bassiana 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

5.15a

(0.81)

13.02b

(5.17)

14.49def

(6.33)

17.62c

(9.17)

12.56d

(4.73)

12

Castor cake @ 1 ton/ha + M. anisopliae 1.15 WP (1 × 108 cfu/g) @ 2 kg/ha

4.46ab

(0.61)

8.86c

(2.48)

9.44 g

(2.77)

12.36d

(4.67)

8.78e

(2.33)

13

Neem cake @ 1 ton/ha

5.02ab

(0.77)

17.42a

(9.00)

22.14a

(14.22)

27.05a

(20.78)

17.90a

(9.45)

S.Em. ± 

T

0.31

0.83

0.93

1.12

0.435

P

0.241

T × P

0.871

C. D. at 5%

T

NS

2.41

2.71

3.28

1.221

C.V. (%)

 

10.98

10.91

10.29

10.04

11.40

  1. 1. Figures in parentheses are retransformed values of arc sin transformation; DAG: Days after germination; 2. Treatment means with the letter(s) in common are not significant by DNMRT at 5% level of significance; 3. Significant parameters and their interactions: T, P, T × P