Table 1 Effect of ethyl acetate fraction of Isaria fumosorosea on the growth rate, consumption index and approximate digestibility of 3rd, 4th and 5th instar larvae of Spodoptera litura

3rd

 C

0.892 ± 0.002^a

0.193 ± 0.001^a

99.09 ± 0.047^a

23.80 ± 0.057^a

22.30 ± 0.085^b

 1

0.310 ± 0.017^b

0.189 ± 0.001^c

97.93 ± 0.028^b

23.01 ± 0.077^b

23.07 ± 0.069^a

 2

0.226 ± 0.003^e

0.185 ± 0.001^d

97.16 ± 0.023^c

18.44 ± 0.068^c

17.92 ± 0.024^c

 3

0.251 ± 0.003^d

0.183 ± 0.001^b

96.92 ± 0.002^d

17.89 ± 0.029^d

17.52 ± 0.026^d

 4

0.276 ± 0.001^c

0.180 ± 0.0004^a

96.92 ± 0.030^d

11.00 ± 0.081^c

10.92 ± 0.012^e

 CD at 0.01

0.006

0.003

0.134

0.067

0.044

 CD at 0.05

0.004

0.002

0.092

0.046

0.030

4th

 C

0.926 ± 0.001^a

0.198 ± 0.0008^a

98.71 ± 0.123^a

96.52 ± 0.098^a

99.23 ± 0.183^a

 1

0.147 ± 0.001^e

0.197 ± 0.0008^b

95.86 ± 0.050^b

95.46 ± 0.098^a

99.14 ± 0.446^a

 2

0.280 ± 0.012^b

0.192 ± 0.0008^c

91.12 ± 0.138^c

95.34 ± 0.014^a

99.04^a ± 0.438^b

 3

0.247 ± 0.001^c

0.187 ± 0.0008^c

90.32 ± 0.106^d

94.36 ± 0.094^a

98.91 ± 0.116^b

 4

0.234 ± 0.002^d

0.185 ± 0.001^d

89.52 ± 0.077^e

80.00 ± 0.172^b

74.17 ± 0.130^c

 CD at 0.01

0.003

0.005

0.126

1.79

1.334

 CD at 0.05

0.002

0.002

0.087

1.27

0.917

5th

 C

1.112 ± 0.003^a

0.201 ± 0.0008^a

97.34 ± 0.046^a

97.92 ± 0.069^d

99.54 ± 0.087^a

 1

1.077 ± 0.020^b

0.195 ± 0.001^b

91.34 ± 0.046^b

96.72 ± 0.111^b

99.53 ± 0.033^a

 2

1.060 ± 0.020^c

0.189 ± 0.001^c

90.32 ± 0.053^c

96.24 ± 0.086^c

99.25 ± 0.082^b

 3

0.867 ± 0.002^d

0.187 ± 0.001^c

89.17 ± 0.058^d

96.47 ± 0.077^a

99.17 ± 0.045^c

 4

0.838 ± 0.003^e

0.181 ± 0.001^c

88.05 ± 0.061^e

96.87 ± 0.048^e

99.03 ± 0.073^d

 CD at 0.01

0.001

0.004

0.023

0.050

0.147

 CD at 0.05

0.001

0.003

0.016

0.035

0.105