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Table 5 Effect of fraction of entomopathogenic fungi on the fecundity and hatchability of against Spodoptera litura

From: Efficacy of sub lethal concentration of entomopathogenic fungi on the feeding and reproduction of Spodoptera litura

Fungi

Concentration (ppm)

Eggs laid/batch

Eggs hatched

Pupa emerged

Malformed pupa

Adult emerged

Isaria fumosorosea

Control

176.04 ± 0.049a

95.45 ± 0.106a

96.00 ± 0.047a

0.00a

92.00 ± 0.433a

1

167.97 ± 0.055b

94.61 ± 0.120b

76.00 ± 0.064b

4.00 ± 0.047b

72.00 ± 0.047b

2

124.33 ± 0.085c

87.09 ± 0.180c

72.00 ± 0.623c

4.00 ± 0.117c

68.00 ± 0.004c

3

84.03 ± 0.057d

42.00 ± 0.047d

28.00 ± 0.458d

12.00 ± 0.108d

16.00 ± 0.816d

4

67.03 ± 0.057e

40.29 ± 0.064e

24.00 ± 0.204e

12.00 ± 0.131e

12.00 ± 0.816e

CD at 0.01

0.049

0.028

0.079

0.353

0.101

CD at 0.05

0.034

0.019

0.056

0.248

0.071

Paecilomyces variotii

Control

148 ± 0.020a

98.46 ± 0.080a

98.93 ± 0.016a

0.33 ± 0.471c

99.91 ± 0.115a

1

118 ± 0.612b

89.78 ± 0.128b

84.00 ± 0.081b

0.67 ± 0.471c

84.00 ± 0.084b

2

114 ± 0.122c

72.88 ± 0.080c

80.00 ± 0.151c

4.00 ± 0.365b

76.00 ± 0.426c

3

96 ± 0.188d

55.76 ± 0.166d

68.00 ± 0.147d

4.00 ± 1.247b

60.00 ± 0.204d

4

87 ± 0.069e

51.04 ± 0.376e

52.00 ± 0.440e

8.00 ± 0.081a

44.00 ± 0.382e

CD at 0.01

0.263

0.459

3.906

3.592

3.526

CD at 0.05

0.143

0.322

2.746

2.526

2.479

Beauveria bassiana

Control

149 ± 0.131a

92.61 ± 0.201a

99.91 ± 0.115a

4.00 ± 0.540c

96.00 ± 0.358a

1

136 ± 0.099b

86.76 ± 0.147b

92.00 ± 0.092b

4.00 ± 0.071c

88.00 ± 0.128b

2

118 ± 0.184c

76.27 ± 0.257c

84.00 ± 0.154c

4.00 ± 0.094c

80.00 ± 0.154c

3

96 ± 0.062d

56.25 ± 0.277d

48.00 ± 0.540d

18.00 ± 0.108a

40.00 ± 0.104d

4

84 ± 0.201e

32.54 ± 0.148e

32.00 ± 0.071e

12.00 ± 0.530b

20.00 ± 0.157e

CD at 0.01

0.331

0.529

0.484

0.391

0.786

CD at 0.05

0.200

0.319

0.292

0.235

0.474

  1. Values are mean ± SD of three replication
  2. a,b,c,d CD critical difference values were significant at 0.01 and 0.05 % level