Table 1.

Mortality rates of Luciaphorus sp. after treated with whole cell suspension, cell-free supernatant, and crude cell extract of X. stokiae isolate PB09 for 5 d at 28 °C and 80% relative humidity in complete darkness

Treatment	Mite mortality (%)
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Whole cell suspension	42.66±6.80cB	58.33±16.07bA	81.66±2.88bA	81.66±2.88bA	81.66±2.88bA
Cell-free supernatant	55.00±5.00bA	71.66±7.63bA	89.00±3.60bA	89.00±3.60bA	89.00±3.60bA
Crude cell extract	23.00±5.77dA	28.00±0.00cA	30.00±5.77cA	30.00±5.77cA	30.00±5.77cA
Propargite*	100.00±0.00aA	100.00±0.00aA	100.00±0.00aA	100.00±0.00aA	100.00±0.00aA
LB broth	0.00±0.00eA	0.00±0.00dA	0.00±0.00dA	0.00±0.00dA	0.00±0.00dA

Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation (SD). Means within the same column followed by the same lower case letters are not significantly different (P(0.05) as compared by LSD test; Means within the same row followed by the same upper case letters are not significantly different (P(0.05) as compared by LSD test

^*Propargite is a commercial acaricide