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Table 3 Probit analysis of concentration-mortality response at 15 days post inoculation of Metarhizium spp. against Odoiporus longicollis

From: Effect of entomopathogenic fungi against banana pseudostem weevil Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier) and elucidation of infection process

Organism

LC50 (*105 conidia/ml)

95% confidence limits

Slope (SE)

χ2 (df = 3)

(p-value)

Lower

Upper

Metarhizium anisopliae

NRCB EPF6

14.746

3.142

23.796

3.40 (± 0.553)

1.153 (0.01)

M. anisopliae

NRCB EPF9

18.857

12.03

26.362

2.54 (± 0.557)

0.902 (0.11)

M. anisopliae

NRCB EPF12

20.752

4.368

31.012

2.54 (± 0.557)

0.902 (0.11)

M. anisopliae

NRCB EPF16

15.171

3.570

24.057

3.45 (± 0.560)

3.231 (0.01)

M. anisopliae

NRCB EPF17

20.931

5.781

31.659

3.31 (± 0.498)

1.068 (0.01)

M. anisopliae

NRCB PF18

15.010

7.527

20.165

2.65 (± 0.499)

1.255 (0.08)

M. anisopliae

NRCB EPF35

14.710

2.395

24.412

3.21 (± .0538)

1.825 (0.01)

M. anisopliae

NRCB EPF36

21.261

5.573

32.277

3.25 (± 0.495)

1.365 (0.01)

M. robertsii

NRCB EPF10

21.261

5.573

32.277

3.25 (± 0.495)

1.365 (0.01)

M. robertsii

NRCB EPF13

15.126

4.856

22.817

3.74 (± 0.616)

3.695 (0.01)

M. robertsii

NRCB EPF19

16.042

5.827

23.649

3.88 (± 0.607)

2.136 (0.01)

M. robertsii

NRCB EPF23

10.497

1.028

19.413

3.22 (± 0.538)

1.825 (0.01)

M. robertsii

NRCB EPF24

12.443

1.576

21.764

3.22 (± 0.538)

1.825 (0.01)

M. robertsii

NRCB EPF33

17.389

3.627

27.476

3.23 (± 0.538)

1.825 (0.01)

M.quizhouense

NRCB PF34

14.710

2.395

24.412

3.21 (± 0.538)

1.825 (0.01)

M.quizhouense

NRCB PF11

8.050

4.043

13.763

2.59 (± 0.601)

1.869 (0.10)

M. pinghaense

NRCB EPF7

10.155

2.540

17.339

2.92 (± 0.598)

1.684 (0.03)

M. robertsii M1(ArMz6W)

25.448

8.534

37.098

3.24 (± 0.495)

1.365 (0.01)

M. majus

M2 (VjMz1W)

20.613

5.499

31.148

3.22 (± 0.538)

1.825 (0.01)

  1. LC50estimated concentration that causes 50% mortality (SPSS version 25); χ2 = Chi-Square value, df = degrees of freedom; slope ± standard error of the slope (covariates X are transformed using the base 10.000 logarithm)