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Table 1 Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana BBAA isolate against adults of Aphis craccivora in vitro

From: Characterization of a new isolate of Beauveria bassiana in Algeria and evaluation of its pathogenicity against the cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora Koch)

Days after treatments

% Mortality

Concentrations

Control

1 × 104 conidia/ml

1 × 106 conidia/ml

1 × 108 conidia/ml

Day 1

0.00c

0.00c

0.00c

0.00c

Day 2

1.00c

24.02b

28.03b

40.04b

Day 3

1.40c

40.06b

52.07ab

54.07ab

Day 4

1.80c

48.08b

54.10ab

66.12a

Day 5

2.00c

54.10b

62.12a

72.14a

Day 6

2.40c

56.13b

68.16a

72.17a

Day 7

2.60c

64.16a

74.19a

74.19a

  1. The different letters denote the statistical significance determined by ANOVA followed by Tukey test (p < 0.05)