Table 2 Mean numbers of alive third instar Tuta absoluta larvae, 3 and 7 days after the applications of entomopathogenic fungi by three methods in petri dish trials
Applications | Number of alive larvae | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dipping | Spraying | Residue | ||||
3 days | 7 days | 3 days | 7 days | 3 days | 7 days | |
Beauveria bassiana | 0.50d* | 0.05b | 3.00b | 0.00b | 1.50b | 0.00b |
Isaria fumosorosea | 0.55d | 0.00b | 1.60d | 0.00b | 2.00b | 0.05b |
Purpureocillium lilacinum | 2.85b | 0.10b | 2.25c | 0.05b | 1.95b | 0.20b |
Met 52 | 1.40c | 0.00b | 1.30d | 0.00b | 2.05b | 0.00b |
Control | 4.05a | 3.80a | 4.55a | 4.55a | 3.75a | 3.50a |