Evaluation of bio-efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae against the pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), with insights into its colonization potential and insecticide compatibility

Table 2 Dose–mortality response (expressed as lethal concentration) of larvae of Pectinophora gossypiella to Metarhizium anisopliae (TMBMA1)

Entomopathogenic fungi	df^a	Slope ± SE^b	χ^2c	LC₅₀^d (FL)^e in spores mL⁻¹
Metarhizium anisopliae (TMBMA1)	8	1.68 ± 0.344	0.387	718 518.504 (95 375.715 – 3 189 259.437)

^adf (degree of freedom); ^bslope ± SE (standard error); ^cχ² indicate a good fit to the line to the data; ^dLC₅₀ lethal dose are expressed in conidial per larvae; ^e(FL) (fiducial limits)

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