Efficacy of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium muscarium against two main pests, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) and Tetranychus urticae (Koch), under geothermal greenhouses of Southern Tunisia

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Percentage reduction in surviving Bemisia tabaci eggs and Tetranychus urticae eggs as a function of treatment with entomopathogenic fungi

Fungi	Reduction rate of surviving Bemisia tabaci eggs	Reduction rate of surviving Tetranychus urticae eggs
Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC	58.52^a	98.83^a
B. bassiana strain R444	50.45^a	98.26^a
Diafenthiuron	66.03^a	97.88^a
Lecanicillium muscarium strain Ve6	42.65^a	92.86^b
F value	1.281	3.039
P value	0.325	0.071

Different letters denote means are significantly different from one another, as determined by Duncan