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Table 1 Corrected mortality percentage of Ephestia cautella larvae treated with Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae at different exposure periods

From: Efficacy of some entomopathogens against Ephestia cautella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in stored date fruits

Concentrations

Mortality % of E. cautella larvae after exposure periods

3 days

5 days

7 days

14 days

B. bassiana

M. anisopliae

B. bassiana

M. anisopliae

B. bassiana

M. anisopliae

B. bassiana

M. anisopliae

3.0 × 105

14.67 d

17.50 d

26.88 d

44.17 b

38.17 c

50 .00d

49.17 d

60.50 d

3.0 × 106

22.17 c

28.17 c

32.59 c

48.00 b

43.50 c

57.88 c

62.00 c

66.33 b

3.0 × 107

28.33 b

35 .00 b

41.33 b

62.88 a

51.33 b

68.59 b

77.88 b

78.59 b

3.0 × 108

33.83 a

40.88 a

54.50 a

66.59 a

61.59 a

77.33 a

81.59 a

89.88 a

L.S.D

4.5482

4.1843

5.0939

5.4578

5.6397

3.2747

2.7289

2.365

Pr

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001

  1. Mean in same column followed by the same letters is not significant
  2. L.S.D., least significant difference; Pr., probability level