Alternaria alternata strain VLH1: a potential entomopathogenic fungus native to North Western Indian Himalayas

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 5 Effect of chitinolytic protein extracts of Alternaria alternata VLH1 on nutritional physiology of third instar larvae of Helicoverpa armigera (96 HAT)

Concentration of protein (in ppm)	RGR (mg/mg/day)	RCR (mg/mg/day)	ECI (%)	ECD (%)	AD (%)
Control	7.09 ± 0.14^e	18.56 ± 0.76^e	9.47^d	8.02^d	99.65^c
5 ppm	5.12 ± 0.43^d	10.83 ± 0.44^d	6.01^c	3.39^c	97.27^b
10 ppm	4.81 ± 0.35^c	8.31 ± 0.38^c	4.90^b	3.23^c	97.21^b
20 ppm	3.45 ± 0.45^b	5.25 ± 0.50^b	4.41^b	2.45^b	97.04^ab
40 ppm	2.18 ± 0.12^a	3.81 ± 0.23^a	3.19^a	1.96^a	96.70^a
F	32.65**	136.96**	41.94**	39.79**	6.72**

The differences in SE (m) values are compared for different nutritional physiology parameters and the significant difference in these parameters is mentioned by the superscripts on the numerical values
RGR relative growth rate, RCR relative consumption rate, ECI efficiency of conservation of ingested food, ECD efficiency of conservation of digested food, AD approximate digestibility
**Tukey’s-B test conducted at 1% level of significance