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Table 2 Probit analysis, 7 days after treatment with Beauveria bassiana ATCC, B. bassiana R444 and Lecanicillium muscarium against T. absoluta eggs

From: Efficacy of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium muscarium in the control of the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

EPF

LC50

(95% CL)

LC90

(95% CL)

Probit equation

Linear Slope

(SE)

χ2

(df)

Beauveria bassiana ATCC

1.56 × 108

(5.29 × 107–5.05 × 108)

6.4 × 1011

(6.03 × 1010–6.05 × 1013)

Y = − 2.907 + 0.355 log10 C

0.355

(0.061)

0.849

(3)

B. bassiana R444

1.73 × 109

(0.44 × 109–1.74 × 1010)

3.65 × 1013

(8.81 × 1011–1.79 × 1017)

Y = − 2.74 + 0.297 log10 C

0.297

(0.061)

1.547

(3)

Lecanicillium muscarium

1.09 × 1010

(6.22 × 1010–4.42 × 1013)

1.03 × 1014

(2.14 × 1012–6.66 × 1017)

Y = − 3.237 + 0.322 log10 C

0.322

(0.065)

1.024

(3)

  1. CL confidence limit which has been calculated with 95% confidence