Table 2.

Temperatures in treated and control trees.

Treatment *	Ambient Temperature (°C) **	Temperature inside Date Palm (°C) **
Control (water)	19.93 ± 0a	27.07 ± 0a
B. bassiana (BbSA–1)	19.70 ± 0.23a	23.66 ± 0.26b
M. anisopliae (MaSA–1)	19.93 ± 0a	24.19 ± 0.23b

* Treatment of fungal isolates injected with Beauveria bassiana (BbSA-1) or Metarhizium anisopliae (MaSA-1) Saudi Arabian isolates (SA), or distilled water as a control. ** Means followed by the same letter in the same column were not significantly different at α: 0.05.