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Table 2 Mortality (%), median lethal time (LT50), and spore production per B. tabaci and T. vaporariorum nymphs after 10 days of treatment with M. anisopliae and B. bassiana at 1 × 107 conidia/ml

From: Extracellular enzyme activity of entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae and their pathogenicity potential as a bio-control agent against whitefly pests, Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Isolates

% Mortality of B. tabaci (Mean ± SE)

LT50 (days) (95% CL)

Spore per B. tabaci (conidia/ml)

% Mortality of T. vaporariorum (Mean ± SE)

LT50 (days) (95% CL)

Spore per T. vaporariorum (conidia/ml)

AAUMB-20

76.67 ± 1.66cd

9.26 (7.94–11.98)

1.3 × 105 ± 4.3 × 103d

81.67 ± 1.66a

7.52 (6.51–9.15)

1.6 × 105 ± 8.5 × 103d

AAUMB-21

80.00 ± 2.88bcd

3.52 (2.68–4.35)

2.5 × 106 ± 2.4 × 105bc

85.00 ± 2.88a

4.35 (3.66–5.03)

3.6 × 106 ± 6.4 × 105b

AAUMB-29

98.33 ± 1.66a

3.36 (2.49–4.19)

3.0 × 106 ± 1.3 × 105b

100.00a

3.82 (3.17–4.43)

3.7 × 106 ± 2.1 × 105b

AAUMFB-5

80.00 ± 5.77bcd

6.24 (5.34–7.10)

3.4 × 104 ± 2.1 × 103d

60.00 ± 5.77b

8.16 (6.93–10.48)

2.4 × 105 ± 6.4 × 103d

AAUKB-11

85.00 ± 5.00abcd

7.32 (6.72–8.08)

5.6 × 104 ± 2.3 × 103d

86.67 ± 4.40a

6.54 (5.83–7.44)

2.0 × 105 ± 2.1 × 104d

AAUZM-18

93.33 ± 1.66ab

8.04 (7.38–8.97)

4.7 × 105 ± 6.4 × 103d

81.67 ± 4.40a

7.63 (6.77–9.36)

4.4 × 105 ± 3.6 × 104d

AAUMFB-77

91.67 ± 1.66babc

3.22 (2.47–3.93)

6.5 × 106 ± 2.6 × 105a

100.00a

3.08 (2.61–3.54)

5.8 × 106 ± 4.1 × 105a

AAUEB-59

71.67 ± 1.66d

5.84 (4.82–7.27)

2.2 × 105 ± 1.5 × 104d

88.33 ± 3.33a

8.13 (7.55–6.99)

1.9 × 105 ± 2.6 × 104d

AAUDM-43

95.00 ± 2.88ab

3.73 (3.09–4.36)

2.0 × 106 ± 1.5 × 105c

95.00 ± 2.88a

4.91 (4.39–5.42)

1.8 × 106 ± 4.3 × 104c

AAUMFM-6

86.67 ± 3.33abcd

4.51 (3.55–5.63)

2.1 × 106 ± 1.9 × 105c

90.00 ± 5.77a

4.80 (4.16–5.46)

2.7 × 106 ± 2.5 × 105bc

  1. Mean with different letters in a column indicates the significant difference at Tukey’s HSD test, P < 0.05