Table 1 List of fungal isolates used in this study.

From: Endophytic fungi protect tomato and nightshade plants against Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) through a hidden friendship and cryptic battle

Fungal species

Isolate

Source

Origin

Year of isolation

Beauveria bassiana

ICIPE 35(4), ICIPE 35(6), ICIPE 35(12), ICIPE 35(15)

Coffee berry

Kenya

2009

B. bassiana

ICIPE 273

Soil

Mbita (Kenya)

2006

B. bassiana

ICIPE 706

Monocots

Kenya

2012

Metarhizium anisopliae

ICIPE 7

Amblyomma variegatum

Rusinga (Kenya)

1996

M. anisopliae

ICIPE 30

Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera)

Kenduba (Kenya)

1989

M. anisopliae

ICIPE 69

Soil

Matete (DRC)

1990

Trichoderma sp.

F2L41

Onion

Loitoktok (Kenya)

2012

Trichoderma atroviride

F2S21

Onion

Loitoktok (Kenya)

2012

Trichoderma asperellum

M2RT4

Maize and Sorghum

Nakuru (Kenya)

2009

Fusarium proliferatum

F2S51

Onion

Embu (Kenya)

2012

Hypocrea lixii

F3ST1

Maize and Sorghum

Nakuru, Embu and Kakamega (Kenya)

2009