Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Efficacy of the entomopathogenic fungi isolates against two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae under laboratory condition tested at the conidial concentration of 1 × 10⁸ conidia/l

Isolates	Mortality of mites/days after inoculation (DAI)				Per cent mortality (%)	Per cent reduction over control
	Mean of three replications
	3 DAI	5 DAI	7 DAI	9 DAI
B.b-1	4.50^b ± 0.12	6.17^cd ± 0.06	14.17^c ± 0.05	19.50^c ± 0.07	65.00	97.44
B.b-2	6.17^ab ± 0.07	10.83^b ± 0.06	17.17^b ± 0.05	22.17^b ± 0.04	73.90	97.74
B.b-3	4.17^b ± 0.08	5.83^cde ± 0.06	7.83^d ± 0.06	12.83^fg ± 0.04	42.76	96.10
B.b-4	2.83^c ± 0.08	5.17^def ± 0.07	7.83^d ± 0.06	14.17^ef ± 0.04	47.23	96.47
B.b-5	4.83^b ± 0.07	6.17^cd ± 0.06	7.83^d ± 0.06	13.83^ef ± 0.04	46.10	96.38
B.b-6	4.17^b ± 0.08	6.50^c ± 0.11	9.17^c ± 0.05	14.50^e ± 0.07	48.33	96.55
B.b-7	6.50^a ± 0.11	12.17^a ± 0.05	19.83^a ± 0.04	25.83^a ± 0.03	86.10	98.06
B.b-8	1.83^d ± 0.10	4.83^efg ± 0.07	6.17^e ± 0.06	12.17^g ± 0.05	40.56	95.89
B.b-9	0.50^e ± 0.00	2.83^h ± 0.08	3.83^g ± 0.08	13.50^ef ± 0.08	45.00	96.30
B.b-10	0.83^e ± 0.12	4.17^g ± 0.08	5.17^f ± 0.07	11.83^g ± 0.09	39.43	95.77
B.b-11	2.83^c ± 0.08	4.50^fg ± 0.12	5.83^ef ± 0.13	11.83^g ± 0.09	39.43	95.77
B.b-12	4.17^b ± 0.08	6.83^bc ± 0.06	9.50^c ± 0.09	16.50^d ± 0.07	55.00	96.97
Control	0.50^e ± 0.00	0.50ⁱ ± 0.00	0.5^h ± 0.00	0.50^h ± 0.00	1.67	0.00
CD (0.05)	0.24	0.21	0.20	0.18
SE(d)	0.12	0.10	0.09	0.08

No. of insects per replication: 30. Values sharing same alphabets in superscript are statistically on par based on ANOVA at the 5% level of significance