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Table 3 The LT50 determination and summary of probit analysis to determine LC50 and LC90 concentrations of Beauveria bassiana strains against the third instar of Tuta absoluta larvae in 10 days post incubation

From: Molecular phylogeny and pathogenicity of indigenous Beauveria bassiana against the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta Meyrick 1917 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in Ethiopia

 

LT50 (mean ± SE)

AAUB03

AAUB29

AAUB28

AAUB76

AAUB59

AAUB39

AAUB19

AAUB90

Spores·ml-1

 104

3.33± 0.58a

5.33 ± 0.58c

3.33± 0.58a

5.67 ± 0.58cd

5.00 ± 1.00c

3.67 ± 0.58ab

3.33 ± 0.58a

5.00 ± 1.00c

 106

2.33± 0.58a

2.57 ± 0.51a

2.50± 0.00a

2.83 ± 0.29ab

2.93 ± 0.12ab

2.17 ± 0.29a

2.33 ± 0.29a

4.00 ± 0.00c

 108

1.93± 0.12a

2.00 ± 0.00a

2.20± 0.35a

2.33 ± 0.29a

2.50 ± 0.50ab

2.00 ± 0.35a

2.00 ± 0.62a

3.17 ± 0.29c

Summary of probit analysis

 LC50

5.3 × 103

6.5 × 104

1.5 × 103

9.3 × 104

1.1 × 105

1.8 × 104

1.8 × 103

2.6 × 103

 95% FL

1.3 × 103 –7 × 104

2.2 × 104–1.5 × 105

8.6 × 102–4.9 × 103

9.9 × 103–1.3 × 104

2 × 104–3.3 × 105

3.9 × 103–6 × 104

1 × 103–6.1 × 104

1.2 × 103–3.1 × 104

 LC90

2.8 × 105

1.7 × 106

2.9 × 105

1.6 × 106

1.8 × 107

1.6 × 107

7.6 × 105

1.2 × 107

 95% FL

2.1 × 105 –6.3 × 106

6.3 × 105–1.1 × 107

1.9 × 104–2.9 × 106

1.8 × 105–2.7 × 107

4.2 × 106–2.8 × 108

2.2 × 106–3.1 × 108

7.1 × 104–2.1 × 107

1.5 × 106–7.3 × 108

 Int ± SE

1.32 ± 0.91

4.33 ± 0.89

0.85 ± 0.83

1.16 ± 0.72

2.91 ± 0.66

1.54 ± 0.64

0.8 ± 0.75

1.19 ± 0.63

 S ± SE

0.49 ± 0.18

0.9 ± 0.17

0.39 ± 0.16

0.39 ± 0.13

0.58 ± 0.11

0.39 ± 0.11

0.36 ± 0.14

0.35 ± 0.11

 p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.012

< 0.003

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. Legends: FL, fiducial limit; SE, standard error; LT, lethal time taken to kill fifty of experimental organisms; LC, lethal concentration; Int, intercept; S, slope. The same letters in the columns (a, b, c, d, e, and f) showed the mean values without significant difference at p ≤ 0.05