Endophytic fungi from South Sumatra (Indonesia) in seed-treated corn seedlings Affecting development of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Length of different developmental stages of instar larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda fed on leaves of endophytic fungi colonized (seed treated) and non-colonized (control) young maize

Isolate	Species	Length of different developmental larval instars (days)
Isolate	Species	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Control	–	2.67	3.34c	2.36d	2.27c	3.26b	3.23b
JGTP240521A	Beauveria bassiana	2.71	3.66b	5.70a	4.45a	3.95a	3.86ab
WTTJC260521A	Beauveria bassiana	2.59	3.71b	4.00b	4.60a	2.99b	3.76ab
WTTJC260521B	Metarhizium anisopliae	2.63	3.68b	2.66d	3.71b	3.65ab	3.51ab
WTTJC290521A	Beauveria bassiana	2.63	3.71b	3.63a	4.46a	3.69ab	4.28a
WTTJC290521B	Beauveria bassiana	2.60	4.28a	5.46a	3.79b	3.28ab	3.13b
JGNT300521	Beauveria bassiana	2.65	3.64b	3.62c	2.27c	3.37ab	3.57ab
F-value		2.37^ns	23.40^*	292.73^*	296.38^*	4.26^*	5.22^*
P-value		0.10	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.02	0.007
HSD value		⁻	0.07	0.90	0.07	0.22	0.21

Note: ns = not significantly different * = significantly different; values within a column followed by the same letters were not significantly different at P < 0.05 according to Tukey's HSD test