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Table 3 Weight of surviving Helicoverpa armigera larvae, pre-pupal, and pupal (g) following fungal application during the first season of collection

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

Collection time (hrs)

Weight of surviving H. armigera

 

10th day

Pre-pupae

Pupae

Control

   

0.5

0.04 ± 0.01 Ns

0.20 ± 0.03 c

0.33 ± 0.02 Ns

1

0.06 ± 0.01 Ns

0.28 ± 0.03 abc

0.31 ± 0.02 Ns

2

0.05 ± 0.00 Ns

0.22 ± 0.02 bc

0.31 ± 0.01 Ns

3

0.07 ± 0.00 Ns

0.22 ± 0.02 bc

0.31 ± 0.01 Ns

4

0.05 ± 0.00 Ns

0.37 ± 0.02 a

0.34 ± 0.01 Ns

5

0.04 ± 0.00 Ns

0.37 ± 0.02 a

0.34 ± 0.01 Ns

6

0.05 ± 0.01 Ns

0.34 ± 0.02 ab

0.33 ± 0.01 Ns

7

0.05 ± 0.01 Ns

0.40 ± 0.04 a

0.33 ± 0.01 Ns

Beauveria bassiana

   

0.5

0.03 ± 0.00 b

0.36 ± 0.06 Ns

0.30 ± 0.01 Ns

1

0.08 ± 0.03 a

0.22 ± 0.05 Ns

0.34 ± 0.03 Ns

2

0.03 ± 0.01 b

0.26 ± 0.03 Ns

0.31 ± 0.01 Ns

3

0.03 ± 0.00 a

0.28 ± 0.03 Ns

0.35 ± 0.02 Ns

4

0.04 ± 0.00 ab

0.29 ± 0.02 Ns

0.33 ± 0.02 Ns

5

0.05 ± 0.00 ab

0.30 ± 0.03 Ns

0.31 ± 0.01 Ns

6

0.03 ± 0.01 b

0.33 ± 0.02 Ns

0.30 ± 0.01 Ns

7

0.03 ± 0.00 b

0.26 ± 0.03 Ns

0.36 ± 0.01 Ns

Metarhizium anisopliae

   

0.5

0.03 ± 0.00 Ns

0.30 ± 0.04 Ns

0.29 ± 0.01 ab

1

0.03 ± 0.00 Ns

0.29 ± 0.04 Ns

0.28 ± 0.00 bc

2

0.07 ± 0.02 Ns

0.31 ± 0.03 Ns

0.29 ± 0.00 ab

3

0.07 ± 0.01 Ns

0.33 ± 0.02 Ns

0.27 ± 0.00 c

4

0.05 ± 0.01 Ns

0.30 ± 0.01 Ns

0.34 ± 0.01 a

5

0.05 ± 0.00 Ns

0.34 ± 0.01 Ns

0.34 ± 0.01 a

6

0.05 ± 0.00 Ns

0.36 ± 0.02 Ns

0.31 ± 0.01 ab

7

0.05 ± 0.0 Ns

0.32 ± 0.02 Ns

0.33 ± 0.01 ab

  1. Means followed by the same lowercase letters in rows did not differ significantly by Tukey's test at 5% probability
  2. Ns Not significant