Potency of Bio Magic (Metarhizium anisopliae fungus) and gamma radiation in the black cut worm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) larvae

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Differential haemocytes percentage of normal (unirradiated) and F1 5th instar Agrotis ipsilon larvae after 2 days of feeding on treated leaves with the LC₅₀ of Metarhizium anisopliae

Cell type	Treatments
Cell type	Control (normal, unirradiated larvae)	Larvae feed on treated leaves with LC₅₀	F1 larvae (from irradiated male parent pupae with 100 Gy)	F1 larvae feed on treated leaves with LC₅₀
Prohaemocytes	49.67^D	77.3^B	62.56^C	87.7^A
Plasmatocytes	24.76^A	15.16^C	21.16^B	9.1^D
Granulated cells	8.73^A	5.36^A	6.6^B	3.2^C
Spindle cells	7.17^A	1.23^B	5.6^A	0^B
Oenocytoids	4.2^A	0^C	2.7^B	0^C
Spherulocytes	1.5^A	0.93^A	1.3^A	0^B
Adipohaemocytes	2.63^A	0^B	0^B	0^B
Cystocytes	1.33^A	0^B	0^B	0^B

Values represent the mean of 3 replicates
Means in the same columns that do not share a same letter are significantly different (Tukey Pairwise Comparisons)
LC₅₀ of normal (unirradiated) and F1larvae are 20.49 × 10⁵ and 5 × 10⁵ spores/ml, respectively