Occurrence and Pathogenicity of Indigenous Entomopathogenic Fungi Isolates to Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) in Western Amhara, Ethiopia
Table 3
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium spp. and Beauveria spp. isolates against FAW.
Treatments
% mortality (% SE) 6 DPI
% mortality (% SE) 8 DPI
% mortality (% SE) 10 DPI
Beauveria spp.
S11
45 (±12.6)ab
65 (±15.0)ab
80.0 (±14.1)a
Metarhizium spp.
S5
30 (±12.9)abcd
45 (±9.6)abcd
60.0 (±8.2)abc
S14
15 (±5.0)cde
35 (±15.0)bcde
45.0 (±9.6)abc
S20
15 (±5.0)cde
20 (±8.2)edf
60.0 (±8.2)abc
S24
15 (±5.0)cde
30 (±5.8)cdef
35.0 (±5.0)bcd
S26
20 (±8.2)bcde
35 (±9.6)bcde
35.0 (±9.6)bcd
S32
10 (±10.0)ed
25 (±12.6)edf
55.0 (±17.1)abc
S33
10 (±10.0)ed
40 (±18.3)abcde
60.0 (±23.1)abc
S36
0 (±0.0)e
10 (±5.8)fe
30.0 (±12.9)cd
S46
25 (±15.0)bcde
40 (±16.3)abcde
45.0 (±17.1)abc
S50
0 (±0.0)e
10 (±10.0)fe
40.0 (±24.5)bcd
S54
55 (±9.6)a
70 (±10.0)a
80.0 (±8.2)a
S73
40 (±8.2)abc
50 (±5.8)abcd
70.0 (±12.9)ab
S75
30 (±17.3)abcd
60 (±11.5)abc
80.0 (±8.2)a
S80
15 (±9.6)dce
60 (±8.2)abc
70.0 (±10.0)ab
Cont.
0 (±0.0)e
0 (±0.0)f
5.0 (±5.0)d
SE = standard error; DPI = date postinoculation; means within a column followed by different letters are significantly different at (LSD test).
