Table 7 Effect of SeNPs and Ch-SeNPs synthetized by fungal filtrate of P. griseofulvum on some physiological activities of the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis.

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

Producer strain

Treatments

Acetyl choline esterase (U−g)

Total soluble protein (mg−g)

Carbohydrate enzymes (µg glucose−g)

Amylase

Invertase

Trehalase

P. griseofulvum

Filtrate

61.20b

7.464ab

105.26d

336.84b

1635.99 c

SeNPs

45.01c

7.139ab

257.75b

289.78c

2064.73 b

Ch-SeNPs

21.8d

7.76a

288.04a

114.38a

2594.96 a

Control

71.87a

6.78b

156.63c

487.32a

1667.16 c

 

P value

0.0001

0.0559

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

 

F- test

***

NS

***

***

***

 

LSD0.05

2.9509

0.6999

12.2243

31.7276

235.0016

 
  1. The small letters in the column with the same symbols mean values with non-significant difference.
  2. The small letters in the column with different symbols mean values with significant difference.
  3. SD: means triplicate measurements of two independent experiments. NS means noun significant.
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