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 4 Length of different developmental stages of pupae and adults of Spodoptera frugiperda fed on leaves of endophytic fungi colonized (seed treated) and non-colonized (control) young maize

Isolate	Species	Length of different developmental stages (days)
Isolate	Species	Prepupae	Pupae	Female adult	Male adult	Egg	Total life span
Control	–	3.61	6.95b	4.82a	4.40a	2.59c	32.51d
JGTP240521A	Beauveria bassiana	3.68	9.71a	4.37ab	3.28b	3.22abc	41.62a
WTTJC260521A	Beauveria bassiana	3.11	10.24a	4.21ab	3.40b	2.74bc	39.21ab
WTTJC260521B	Metarhizium anisopliae	3.65	7.43b	4.52ab	3.63b	2.84bc	35.44c
WTTJC290521A	Beauveria bassiana	3.79	9.85a	3.99b	4.34a	3.39ab	40.05a
WTTJC290521B	Beauveria bassiana	3.22	10.58a	4.23ab	3.52b	3.27abc	40.57a
JGNT300521	Beauveria bassiana	3.71	9.49a	4.93a	4.58a	3.65a	37.25bc
F-value		0.95^ns	22.43^*	5.12^*	49.86^*	6.39^*	34.57^*
P-value		0.50	< 0.0001	0.008	< 0.0001	0.003	< 0.0001
HSD value		–	1.47	0.17	0.09	0.19	0.22

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