Skip to main content

Table 1 List of treatments, origin of Beauveria bassiana isolates and concentration rates used in Petri dish bioassays and semi-field experiments with Nezara viridula and Piezodorus guildinii

From: Biological control potential of two Beauveria bassiana isolates against the stink bugs Nezara viridula L. and Piezodorus guildinii Westwood (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in common bean

No

Treatments

Origin of isolate

Application concentration

1

Sterile distilled water + 0.01% Tween 80 (control)

2

Tamaron 60 SC (a.i. Methamidophos)*

1.5 g/l a.i

3

Beauveria bassiana (Bb-18 strain) + 0.01% Tween 80

Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Cucurlionidae) from Manicaragua, Cuba

1 × 108 conidia/ml

4

Beauveria bassiana 18 S-O-R  + 0.01% Tween 80

Soil from common bean field in Remedios, Cuba (22° 57′ 56″ N, 79° 28′ 34″ W) (Ramos et al. 2017b)

1 × 108 conidia/ml

5

Beauveria bassiana 96 P-O-E + 0.01% Tween 80

Bean plant tissue from common bean field in Encrucijada, Cuba (22° 37′ 01″ N, 79° 51′ 58″ W) (Ramos et al. 2017b)

1 × 108 conidia/ml

  1. SC Soluble concentrate, a.i. Active ingredient
  2. *The synthetic insecticide Tamaron 60 SC was used in both Petri dish bioassays and semi field experiments