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Table 4 Mean numbers of galleries on the tomato plants in the greenhouses in Antalya and Isparta, 1,2 weeks after applications of entomopathogens (gallery/plant) and mean rates of infested fruits

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

Applications

Antalya

Isparta

gallery/plant

gallery/plant

Infested fruit (%)

First week

Second week

First week

Second week

Beauveria bassiana

39.10a*

38.25b

11.4b

14.1b

8.0b

Isaria fumosorosea

23.53b

24.37c

11.4b

9.9b, c

7.3b

Purpureocillium lilacinum

38.00a

37.73b

8.0c

12.5b, c

6.5b

Met 52

10.50c

9.70d

8.9b, c

9.3c

6.5b

Insecticide

13.00c

15.03c, d

6.1c

8.6c

7.0b

Control

37.73a

52.31a

15.0a

21.9a

12.7a

  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)