Table 6.
Effect of sublethal dose (1 × 106 spores/mL) of entomopathogenic fungi on the longevity and fecundity of M. domestica.
| Fungi | Isolate(s) | Mean number of eggs/female | Longevity (days) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||
| B. bassiana | Bb-01 | 120.45 ± 1.09G | 8.90 ± 0.20F | 10.21 ± 0.16D |
| Bb-08 | 144.58 ± 3.47F | 12.3 ± 0.36E | 13.1 ± 0.42C | |
| Bb-10 | 176.3 ± 2.82DE | 12.6 ± 0.30E | 14.19 ± 0.39C | |
| M. anisopliae | Ma-2.3 | 212.7 ± 4.30B | 14.21 ± 0.15D | 13.61 ± 0.38C |
| Ma-4.1 | 185.15 ± 1.35CD | 10.12 ± 0.27F | 11.22 ± 0.50D | |
| Ma-11.1 | 202.85 ± 13.32BC | 14.32 ± 0.41CD | 16.5 ± 0.29B | |
| I. fumosorosea | If-02 | 177.5 ± 4.66DE | 15.53 ± 0.31BC | 16.1 ± 0.43B |
| If-2.3 | 161.88 ± 8.69EF | 16.21 ± 0.24B | 17.21 ± 0.60B | |
| If-03 | 183.88 ± 3.13D | 13.21 ± 0.68DE | 10.23 ± 0.44D | |
| Control | 462.68 ± 10.57A | 24.33 ± 0.86A | 26.7 ± 0.50A | |
| F | 212.0 | 93.0 | 129.0 | |
| p | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |
| LSD value | 18.87 | 1.25 | 1.23 | |
Means followed by the same capital letters in columns are not significantly different at the 5% level.