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Table 3 Mean numbers of galleries caused by Tuta absoluta on tomato plants, 15 and 30 days after the application of entomopathogenic fungi at three methods in the pot dish trials

From: Efficacy of some entomopathogenic fungi against tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Applications

Mean numbers of galleries / leaf

Dipping

Spraying

Residue

15 days

30 days

15 days

30 days

15 days

30 days

Beauveria bassiana

12.00b*

33.66b

16.00b

40.66b

36,33b

60.66

Isaria fumosorosea

10.33b

30.00b

13.33b

46.33b

34,00b, c

55,33

Purpureocillium lilacinum

11.67b

25.00b

15.67b

45.33b

25,33c

**

Met 52

9.00b

33.33b

14.00b

39.33b

33.67b, c

59.67

Control

51.33a

64.66a

54.33a

66.66a

56,33a

**

  1. *Means in the same column followed by the same letters were not significantly different from each other according to Tukey test (P ≤ 0.05)
  2. **Galleries could not be counted because of the severe damage on the leaves