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. 2022 Jun 9;8(6):e09694. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09694

Table 4.

The fruit weight and marketability of tomato per plant treated with entomopathogens under greenhouse conditions.

Treatments Awash variety
Venes variety
TFW/P (Kg) MFW/P (Kg) MF (%) TFW/P (Kg) MFW/P (Kg) MF (%)
B. bassiana-AAUB03 3.8 ± 1.2a 3.6 ± 0.9a 94.7a 3.4 ± 0.6a 3.1 ± 0.9a 91.2a
B. bassiana-AAUB28 3.3 ± 0.9a 2.7 ± 1.2ab 81.8b 3 ± 0.3a 2.4 ± 1.2ab 80b
M. anisopliae-AAUM39 2.8 ± 1.0ab 2.1 ± 0.1b 75.0c 2.9 ± 0.2ab 2.1 ± 1.2b 72.4c
M. anisopliae-AAUM78 3.6 ± 0.8a 3.2 ± 2.3a 88.9b 3.7 ± 1.3a 3.7 ± 1.2a 89.2ab
B. thuringeinsis-AAUF6 3.5 ± 2.1a 3.2 ± 0.9a 91.4a 3.8 ± 1.6a 3.5 ± 1.0a 92.1a
B. thuringeinsis AAUMF9 2.6 ± 0.7b 1.9 ± 1.5c 73.1c 2.2 ± 0.8bc 1.6 ± 1.3c 72.7c
Tutan36%SC (insecticide) 3.2 ± 0.8a 3 ± 1.3a 93.8a 3 ± 1.2a 2.8 ± 1.2a 93.3a
Untreated control 1.1 ± 2.7c 0.28 ± 1.3e 25.5efg 1.3 ± 1.0d 0.5 ± 0.8d-f 38.5d-g

TFW, total fruit weight per plant; MFW, marketable fruit weight per plant; MF, marketable fruits per plant; same letters within the column indicate no significant differences between treatments (p <0.05).