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 6 Mean of percentage of pupae and adults emergence, sex ratio, egg laid, and viable eggs of Spodoptera frugiperda fed on leaves of endophytic fungi colonized (seed treated) and non-colonized (control) young maize

Isolates	Fungal species	Pupae emergence (%)	Adult emergence (%)	Sex ratio	Eggs laid per female	Viable (hatched) eggs (%)
Control		93.33a	93.33a	0.56a	68.28a	99.92a
JGTP240521A	Beauveria bassiana	46.00e	42.00e	0.83a	15.91c	88.86d
WTTJC260521A	Beauveria bassiana	52.67de	48.00de	0.84a	15.31c	90.93 cd
WTTJC260521B	Metarhizium anisopliae	74.67b	71.33b	0.47a	42.89b	99.72a
WTTJC290521A	Beauveria bassiana	54.00d	47.33de	0.74a	27.86bc	95.91b
WTTJC290521B	Beauveria bassiana	59.33 cd	54.00 cd	0.87a	17.50c	92.98bc
JGNT300521	Beauveria bassiana	65.33c	58.67c	0.51a	39.36b	99.31a
F-value		134.80^*	95.08^*	3.67^*	34.26^*	75.47^*
P-value		< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.026	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
HSD value		6.85	9.03	0.19	1.37	4.16

* = 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