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

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 4 Weight of surviving Helicoverpa armigera larvae, pre-pupal, and pupal following fungal application during the second season of collection

Collection time (hrs)	Weight of surviving H. armigera
	10th day	Pre-pupae	Pupae
Control
0.5	0.04 ± 0.00 Ns	0.27 ± 0.03 Ns	0.32 ± 0.01 Ns
1	0.04 ± 0.00 Ns	0.24 ± 0.03 Ns	0.31 ± 0.02 Ns
2	0.05 ± 0.02 Ns	0.38 ± 0.07 Ns	0.29 ± 0.02 Ns
3	0.03 ± 0.00 Ns	0.26 ± 0.04 Ns	0.34 ± 0.02 Ns
4	0.05 ± 0.00 Ns	0.27 ± 0.04 Ns	0.29 ± 0.01 Ns
5	0.04 ± 0.00 Ns	0.29 ± 0.04 Ns	0.35 ± 0.03 Ns
6	0.05 ± 0.01 Ns	0.32 ± 0.03 Ns	0.33 ± 0.03 Ns
7	0.05 ± 0.01 Ns	0.40 ± 0.03 Ns	0.33 ± 0.01 Ns
Beauveria bassiana
0.5	0.04 ± 0.00 Ns	0.34 ± 0.04 Ns	0.34 ± 0.01 Ns
1	0.03 ± 0.00 Ns	0.35 ± 0.12 Ns	0.33 ± 0.03 Ns
2	0.01 ± 0.02 Ns	0.32 ± 0.08 Ns	0.35 ± 0.01 Ns
3	0.05 ± 0.00 Ns	0.34 ± 0.03 Ns	0.30 ± 0.00 Ns
4	0.06 ± 0.00 Ns	0.28 ± 0.11 Ns	0.32 ± 0.02 Ns
5	0.02 ± 0.00 Ns	0.31 ± 0.06 Ns	0.35 ± 0.02 Ns
6	0.02 ± 0.01 Ns	0.33 ± 0.03 Ns	0.31 ± 0.02 Ns
7	0.05 ± 0.01 Ns	0.25 ± 0.05 Ns	0.36 ± 0.01 Ns
Metarhizium anisopliae
0.5	0.02 ± 0.00 ab	0.26 ± 0.03 Ns	0.35 ± 0.15 Ns
1	0.01 ± 0.00 b	0.37 ± 0.05 Ns	0.33 ± 0.00 Ns
2	0.02 ± 0.00 ab	0.23 ± 0.06 Ns	0.33 ± 0.02 Ns
3	0.03 ± 0.00 a	0.26 ± 0.04 Ns	0.26 ± 0.01 Ns
4	0.02 ± 0.00 ab	0.33 ± 0.07 Ns	0.37 ± 0.01 Ns
5	0.03 ± 0.00 a	0.40 ± 0.03 Ns	0.32 ± 0.01 Ns
6	0.02 ± 0.00 ab	0.36 ± 0.04 Ns	0.29 ± 0.01 Ns
7	0.02 ± 0.00 ab	0.33 ± 0.08 Ns	0.37 ± 0.01 Ns

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