TABLE 2.

Dose response of P. xylostella, S. exigua, and H. zea second-instar larvae infected per os with AcNPV, vAcLdPD, or vAcLdPS

Species	Virus	LC50 (PIB/ml of diet)a	95% Fiducial limits (PIB/ml of diet)
			Upper	Lower
H. zea	AcNPV	3.17 × 106 a	7.92 × 106	1.73 × 106
	vAcLdPD	5.49 × 105 b	1.04 × 106	3.07 × 105
	vAcLdPS	3.29 × 105 b	6.05 × 105	1.72 × 105
S. exigua	AcNPV	5.46 × 102 a	7.27 × 102	4.08 × 102
	vAcLdPD	4.51 × 102 a	5.77 × 102	3.45 × 102
	vAcLdPS	1.01 × 103 a	1.51 × 103	0.70 × 103
P. xylostella	AcNPV	5.67 × 105 a	3.09 × 106	1.09 × 105
	vAcLdPD	7.16 × 105 a	1.09 × 106	4.87 × 105
	vAcLdPS	1.41 × 106 a	2.62 × 106	0.88 × 106

^aSignificantly different LC₅₀s within each species are indicated by different letters.