Efficacy of soil-borne entomopathogenic fungi against subterranean termite, Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Morphological characteristics of EPF isolated from UPM oil palm plantation

No	Isolate code	Conidial shape	Conidial size (μm) * Mean ± S. E		Length/width ratio	Genus identification
No	Isolate code	Conidial shape	Length	Width	Length/width ratio	Genus identification
1	UPM-A1C-1	Globose	2.48^H ± 0.05	2.41^F ± 0.04	1.0	Aspergillus spp.
2	UPM-A1C-2	Globose	3.82^GF ± 0.07	3.79^BA ± 0.06	1.0	Aspergillus spp.
3	UPM-A2C-1	Cylindrical	6.81^E ± 0.10	3.80^BA ± 0.07	1.0	Metarhizium spp.
4	UPM-A2C-3	Globose	3.54^GF ± 0.06	1.83^GH ± 0.10	1.8	Purpureocillium spp.
5	UPM-A2C-5	Long ovoid	1.56^I ± 0.06	1.46^H ± 0.04	1.0	Cordyceps sp.
6	UPM-A3C-1	Cylindrical	9.27^A ± 0.16	3.71^BAC ± .06	1.9	Metarhizium spp.
7	UPM-A3C-2	Cylindrical	6.59^E ± 0.12	2.59^F ± 0.07	2.5	Metarhizium spp.
8	UPM-A5C-1	Cylindrical	9.99^BA ± 0.15	3.77^BA ± 0.12	2.7	Metarhizium spp.
9	UPM-A7C-1	Ellipsoid to fusiform	4.27^F ± 0.04	1.61^H ± 0.06	2.5	Purpureocillium spp.
10	UPM-A10C-1	Cylindrical	9.31^BDAC ± 0.31	3.41^EBDAC ± 0.09	2.7	Metarhizium spp.
11	UPM-A13C-2	Ellipsoidal-cylindrical	9.68^BAC ± 0.16	3.48^EBDAC ± 0.06	2.8	Metarhizium spp.

Key; Mean in columns with the same letter are not significantly different at α < 0.05, Tukey’s test for width and length *Mean of 30 conidia