Table 2. Germination percentage of B. bassiana and M. robertsii isolates.

Fungal isolates	Germination % ± SE
Beauveria bassiana RST-8	97.13±1.95 ab
Beauveria bassiana APPRC-27	98.1±0.59 ab
Metarhizium robertsii K-61	99.03±0.78 a
Metarhizium robertsii K-102	97.56±1.36 ab
Metarhizium robertsii RST-11	95.40±2.91 abc
Metarhizium robertsii K-63	97.63±1.82 ab
Beauveria bassiana K-5	97.03±1.63 ab
Beauveria bassiana APPRC-44BC	95.86±1.07 abc
Beauveria bassiana K-91	96.40±1.53 abc
Metarhizium robertsii K-101	97.67±1.24 ab
Metarhizium robertsii K-7	88.36±4.85 abc
Metarhizium robertsii S-26	80.80±9.83 bc
Beauveria bassiana APPRC-44BC-1	87.60±5.03 abc
Metarhizium robertsii RST-12	79.33±3.84 c
Tween 80 (Control)	0.00±0.00 d
HSD (0.05)	17.7
CV	6.71

Note: Means with the same letter, in the same column, are not significantly different according to Tukey’s studentized range (HSD) test at, α=0.05. CV, Coefficient of Variance.