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Table 4 Effect of isolated strain of Beauveria bassiana on Agrotis ipsilon last instar larvae

From: Identification and evaluation of isolated entomopathogenic fungus from Egyptian soil against the black cutworm larvae of Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Concentrations

Spores/ml

Larval mortality

(%)

Pupation

(%)

Pupal mortality

(%)

Adult emergence (%)

Sex ratio of emerged adults

(%)

Malformation

(%)

2.9 × 106

100.0a

 − 

 − 

 − 

 − 

 − 

 − 

1.47 × 106

92.0ab

8.0d

100.0a

 − 

 − 

 − 

 − 

7.36 × 105

88.0ab

12 cd

66.7a

33.3ab

0

100

100

3.6 × 105

72.0bc

28bcd

62.5ab

37.5ab

50

50

100

1.84 × 105

64.0 cd

36bc

73.3a

26.7b

0

100

50

9.2 × 104

48.0d

52ab

60.4ab

39.6ab

16.6

83.3

40

Control

24.0e

76a

21.7b

78.3a

50

50

15.3

F. value (df)

12.431 (6)

9.639 (5)

3.272 (5)

1.760 (4)

  

 − 

P value

0.000

0.000

0.022

0.177

  

 − 

  1. Means with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05.