Table 2. Mean mortality (% ± SE) of red palm weevil eggs treated with Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana isolates under laboratory conditions.
Treatments | Mortality (%) | Mortality time (days) |
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Control (water) | 0 ± 0 b | 0 ± 0 b |
Beauveria bassiana (BbSA-1) | 100 ± 0 a | 4 ± 0 a |
Beauveria bassiana (BbSA-2) | 93.3 ± 6.6 a | 4 ± 0 a |
Beauveria bassiana (BbSA-3) | 100 ± 0 a | 4 ± 0 a |
Beauveria bassiana (BbIDN-1) | 90 ± 10 a | 4 ± 0 a |
Metarhizium anisopliae (MaSA-1) | 100 ± 0 a | 3.6 ± 0.3 a |
Metarhizium anisopliae (MaIDN-1) | 100 ± 0 a | 4 ± 0 a |
Metarhizium anisopliae (MaIDN-2) | 100 ± 0 a | 4 ± 0 a |
Means followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at α: 0.05.