Table 4 Chitinolytic activity of Purpureocillium lilacinum strains at different duration of growth

IIPR-Pl-1

0.102 ± 0.001^d

0.149 ± 0.048^c

0.139 ± 0.005^f

IIPR-Pl-2

0.082 ± 0.010^e

0.206 ± 0.015^ab

0.178 ± 0.004^cd

IIPR-Pl-3

0.114 ± 0.004^bcd

0.162 ± 0.014^bc

0.202 ± 0.005^b

IIPR-Pl-4

0.108 ± 0.010cd

0.158 ± 0.007^bc

0.167 ± 0.015^de

IIPR-Pl-5

0.104 ± 0.003^d

0.163 ± 0.008^bc

0.157 ± 0.002^ef

IIPR-Pl-6

0.113 ± 0.002^bcd

0.148 ± 0.002^c

0.157 ± 0.002^ef

IIPR-Pl-7

0.103 ± 0.004^d

0.156 ± 0.005^bc

0.192 ± 0.006^bc

IIPR-Pl-8

0.126 ± 0.006^ab

0.217 ± 0.004^a

0.183 ± 0.000^bcd

IIPR-Pl-9

0.123 ± 0.001^bc

0.152 ± 0.006^c

0.170 ± 0.002^de

IIPR-Pl-11

0.139 ± 0.002^a

0.245 ± 0.009^a

0.273 ± 0.007^a

Pooled S.D

0.005

0.017

0.006

P (= 0.05)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001