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Table 1 Corrected mortality rates of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus, treated with the Dodsda1 strain of Beauveria bassiana in a field of cowpeas

From: Screening of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) strains against Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and conditions for large-scale production

Treatments (spores/ml)

Days after application

3

5

7

B. bassiana 105

14.98b

17.87a

25.13a

B. bassiana 106

16.69b

17.50

26.77a

B. bassiana 107

31.46ab

36.21a

28.83a

Spinetoram

40.67a

41.67a

34.02a

  1. Values with the same lowercase letters were not significantly difference according to Tukey’ test, α = 0.05