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Table 4 Effects of LC50 combined values of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Bacillus thuringiensis on the percentage mortality of Ephestia cautella larvae

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

Treatments

Mortality % of E. cautella larvae after exposure periods

3 days

5 days

7 days

14 days

B. bassiana + M. anisopliae

56.66 c

63.33 b

67.00 b

67.00 c

B. bassiana + B.thuringiensis

66.66 b

66.66 ab

73.33 a

73.33 b

M. anisopliae + B. thuringiensis

53.33 d

53.33 c

60 .00 c

63.33 c

B. bassiana + M. anisopliae + B. thuringiensis

70.00 a

70.00 a

76.66 a

86.29 a

L.S.D

1.8193

3.6385

5.4578

5.8217

Pr

 < .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