Table 3.
Percent increase/decrease in nutritional indices of red palm weevils against different isolates of entomopathogenic fungi.
| Treatments | Percent Inhibition Compared to Control | Percent Increase Compared to Control | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECI | ECD | AD | |
| B. bassiana 6884 | 46.41 ± 0.49 a | 62.46 ± 0.45 a | 42.78 ± 0.83 a |
| B. bassiana 03005 | 14.88 ± 2.09 e | 21.85 ± 2.50 e | 9.02 ± 1.01 d |
| B. bassiana 3H203 | 2.67 ± 0.74 g | 4.38 ± 1.01 gh | 1.80 ± 0.41 ef |
| I. fumosorosea 9602 | 29.25 ± 0.99 c | 41.25 ± 0.79 c | 20.43 ± 0.67 c |
| I. fumosorosea 7284 | 4.22 ± 0. 45 g | 6.48 ± 0.88 g | 2.22 ± 0.62 ef |
| I. fumosorosea 03011 | 0.29 ± 0.03 g | 0.48 ± 0.05 h | 0.20 ± 0.02 f |
| M. anisopliae 9H755 | 8.74 ± 0.60 f | 11.83 ± 1.25 f | 3.56 ± 0.94 e |
| M. anisopliae 8762 | 20.00 ± 1.52 d | 33.07 ± 1.22 d | 19.54 ± 0.53 c |
| M. anisopliae 9374 | 36.59 ± 2.99 b | 50.90 ± 2.80 b | 29.49 ± 1.57 b |
ECI (conversion of ingested food), ECD (conversion of digested food), and AD (approximate digestibility) represent the efficacy of conversion of ingested food, efficacy of conversion of digested food and approximate digestibility, respectively. The numerical values represent the means of five replicates (n = 25). Means ± SE values within a column followed by different letter(s) are significantly different. (Fisher’s Least Significant Difference (LSD) test, α = 0.05).