Table 1.

Total mortality and confirmed mortality percentages of Oncometopia facialis by Metarhizium anisopliae strain E₉ at suspension of 5 X 10⁷ conidia mL^-1

Observations	Time (days)	Mortality (% ± SE)	CV (%)	Calculated χ2
1	0	0	0	0
2	0.25	5.0 ± 0.02	l.7	8.3*
3	0.5	5.0 ± 0.02	l.7	8.3*
4	0.75	6.0 ± 0.02	l.7	l7.5*
5	1.25	4.2 ± 0.03	3.1	2.8ns
6	l.75	5.2 ± 0.03	3.4	3.5ns
7	2.25	11.5 ± 0.04	4.1	9.8*
8	2.75	15.8 ± 0.05	5.4	l2.7*
9	3.25	l7.O ± 0.06	6.2	9.9*
10	3.75	14.6 ± 0.07	7.6	4.7*
11	4.25	15.3 ± 0.08	8.7	3.9ns
12	5.25	18.4 ± 0.11	12.9	3.0ns
13	6.25	54.7 ± 0.13	l7.5	22.8*
14	7.25	62.7 ± 0.13	19.6	25.8*
15	8.25	77.8 ± 0.12	20.6	40.2*
l6	9.25	86.0 ± 0.10	18.6	59.7*
l7	10.25	87.l ± 0.12	25.0	25.0*
18	11.25	87.l ± 0.12	25.0	25.0*
19	12.25	87.l ± 0.12	25.0	25.0*

Coefficient of variation (CV);

^nsnot significant (p>0.05);

^*significant (p<0.05).