Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Persistence of the fungus in relation to time after application for the percentage of mortality in Helicoverpa armigera in the first (2018) and second (2019) seasons

From: Relation between Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera/Noctuidae) mortality and entomopathogenic fungi persistence in soybean leaflets

Time after application (hrs)	Mortality (%)
	Beauveria bassiana	Metarhizium anisopliae	Control
First Season
0.5	86.02 aAB	78.05 aA	6.09 bA
1	94.05 aA	66.04 bA	4.32 cA
2	82.03 aABC	64.01 bA	2.15 cA
3	78.01 aABC	68.11 aA	0.09 bA
4	82.06 aABC	20.03 bB	2.02 cA
5	74.02 aABC	18.35 bB	6.08 bA
6	66.09 aBC	6.41 bB	2.03 bA
7	62.08 aC	4.26 bB	0.03 bA
Second Season
0.5	66.06 aAB	62.09 aB	14.06 bA
1	74.09 aAB	90.03 aA	8.15 bA
2	82.07 aA	68.06 aAB	2.03 bA
3	76.03 aAB	56.03 bB	0.05 cA
4	70.01 aAB	24.11 bC	8.09 bA
5	58.06 aBC	4.13 bCD	10.08 bA
6	40.05 aCD	0.09 bD	6.03 bA
7	30.03 aD	0.09 bD	0.01 bA

A means the same lowercase letters in rows and uppercase letters in columns did not differ significantly by Tukey's test at 5% probability

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