Table 4 Screening studies for the effect of spore suspension of P. griseofulvum against larval and pupal stages.

From: Mycosynthesis of chitosan-selenium nanocomposite and its activity as an insecticide against the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis

Treatments

Larval duration/day

Larval mortality/%

Pupal period/ day

Pupation%

Pupal mortality %

Adult emergence

9.8*1012

12a

72.33a

6b

25c

9.33c

15.67cd

9.8*1011

6c

67b

6.33b

31d

13.76b

17.24c

9.8*1010

5c

61.66c

5b

35.33c

20a

15.33d

9.8*109

6.67c

52.33d

6.67b

44.67b

19a

25.67b

Control

8.67b

0.00e

6.67b

95.33a

4d

91.33a

F test

***

***

*

***

***

***

LSD.05

1.695

1.724

1.819

1.819

18.19

1.831

  1. The mean value followed by different letters (a, b, c, d, e) within the same column are significantly different (One-way ANOVA, P ≤ 0.05).
  2. LSD: the least significant difference.
  3. *** means highly significant.
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