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Table 5 Transmission rates of SLCV using viruliferous Bemisia tabaci on fungi-treated squash plants

From: Effect of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana inhibiting whitefly transmission of squash leaf curl virus infecting squash

Replicates

Transmission Rates of SLCV using Bemisia tabaci

D1

D2

D3

No.

Rates %

No.

Rates %

No.

Rates %

R1

9/15*

60**

8/15

53.3

6/15

40.0

R2

11/15

73

5/15

33.3

3/14

21.4

R3

13/15

87

7/15

47.0

5/15

33.3

Average

33/45

73.3%

20/45

44.5%

14/45

31.7

C+ 

100.0

100.0

100.0

C−

00.0

00.0

00.0

  1. C+ Positive control, C− Negative control, D1 Day 1 after treatment, D2 Day 2 after treatment, D3 Day 3 after treatment
  2. *No. of infected plants/inoculated (tested)
  3. **Percentage of plants infected