Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Mortality of Empoasca flavescens imagos and immature stages in response to varying Verticillium lecanii spore densities

From: Biological control of the small leafhopper, Empoasca flavescens F. (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) using the entomopathogenic fungus, Verticillium lecanii

Spore density (conidia ml⁻¹)	Days after treatments
Spore density (conidia ml⁻¹)	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.25 × 10⁴	0	0	3.55^e	27.50^e	30.87^e	33.13^e
1.25 × 10⁵	0	0	14.63^d	40.67^d	45.50^d	48.93^b
1.25 × 10⁶	0	11.67^c	37.97^c	51.33^c	58.07^c	63.17^c
1.25 × 10⁷	0	22.40^b	42.53^b	61.47^b	66.10^b	78.00^b
1.25 × 10⁸	1.24^b	37.83^a	63.53^a	81.17^a	90.47^a	94.43^a
1.25 × 10⁹	5.41^a	42.23^a	70.30^a	82.87^a	94.97^a	99.97^a
Control	0	0	0.40	0.50	1.50	3.20

Fisher LSD Test, P < 0.01, Different letter indicates significant difference

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