Table 6 Toxic effect of Spirulina sp. and Nostoc muscorum extracts at their LC₅₀ values on male and female adult longevity of Spodoptera frugiperda

Spirulina hexane extract

6.08 (2.56)^bc ± 0.44

7.92 (2.90)^abc ± 0.25

Spirulina PE extract

6.33 (2.61)^bc ± 0.11

8.33 (2.97)^bc ± 0.18

Nostoc muscorum hexane extract

5.08 (2.36)^a ± 0.23

7.08 (2.75)^a ± 0.18

N. muscorum PE extract

5.83 (2.51)^ab ± 0.49

7.75 (2.87)^ab ± 0.51

Spirulina ethanol extract

6.75 (2.69)^c ± 0.20

8.75 (3.04)^bc ± 0.20

Spirulina methanol extract

6.92 (2.72)^c ± 0.11

9.00 (3.08)^c ± 0.24

N. muscorum ethanol extract

6.50 (2.64)^bc ± 0.24

8.50 (3.00)^bc ± 0.12

N. muscorum methanol extract

6.67 (2.68)^c ± 0.18

8.67 (3.03)^bc ± 0.14

Control

8.00 (2.91)^d ± 0.24

10.75 (3.35)^d ± 0.42

P value

0.001827

0.0000877

F value

5.177086

8.544791

DF

26

26

CD (0.01)

0.274

0.232

CD (0.05)

0.200

0.169