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Table 3 Regression equation for the pathogenicity of M. pingshaense strain Ma0628 to M. aurolineatus larvae

From: Identification and biocontrol potential evaluation of a naturally occurring Metarhizium pingshaense isolate infecting tea weevil Myllocerinus aurolineatus Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Days after inoculation

Inoculation methods

Probit regression equation

LC50 (conidia/ml)

6

Immersion

y = − 2.821 + 0.355x

8.92 × 107

Soil mixing

y = − 1.485 + 0.694x

3.00 × 107

7

Immersion

y = − 2.334 + 0.297x

7.38 × 107

Soil mixing

y = − 1.429 + 0.197x

1.83 × 107

8

Immersion

y = − 2.297 + 0.319x

1.59 × 107

Soil mixing

y = − 1.318 + 0.213x

1.57 × 106

9

Immersion

y = − 0.502 + 0.123x

1.17 × 104

Soil mixing

y = − 0.800 + 0.166x

6.57 × 104

10

Immersion

y = − 502 + 0.123x

1.17 × 104

Soil mixing

y = − 0.628 + 0.183x

2.75 × 103

11

Immersion

y = − 0.623 + 0.171x

4.49 × 103

soil mixing

y = − 0.415 + 0.161x

3.76 × 102