Skip to main content

Table 2 Median lethal time (LT50) of fungal isolates against the adult of Leptoglossus occidentalis at concentration of 107 conidia/ml

From: Biocontrol of the western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae) using indigenous entomopathogenic fungi

Fungal isolates

LT50 (FL, 95%) (days)

Slope ± SE

df

χ2

KTU-1

14.4 (11–27.4)

2.08 ± 0.32

8

19.4

KTU-42

9.82 (9.16–10.7)

4.02 ± 0.41

8

5.25

KTU-24

35 (22–88)

1.2 ± 0.29

8

7.14

K4

12.4 (10.9–15.0)

2.62 ± 0.35

8

9.54

K5

9.16 (8.5–10.0)

3.4 ± 0.31

8

5.05

HP4

8.38 (7.88–9.01)

3.68 ± 0.32

8

9.63

HP5

12.55 (11.22–14.94)

3.78 ± 0.55

8

4.25

Pa4

11 (9.9–12.84)

2.94 ± 0.31

8

5.21

Rh

12.79 (11.34–15.39)

3.6 ± 0.47

8

3.26

As2

5.83 (4.31–5.71)

3.28 ± 0.29

8

45.2

As18

2.73 (2.12–2.98)

1.81 ± 0.14

8

8.32

Gg12

9.17 (8.53–10)

3.53 ± 0.32

8

4.74

  1. FL fiducial limit, SE standard error, df: degree of freedom, χ2 Chi square