Effect of the Combined Use of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Diatomaceous Earth for the Control of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and Trogoderma granarium Everts
Muhammad Yasin1, Azhar Abbas Khan2*, Sana Rubab2 and Sumaira Maqsood3
1Deprtment of Entomology, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
2College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah, Pakistan.
3Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Mountain Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University, Murree, Pakistan.
* Corresponding author: drkupchani@bzu.edu.pk
Fig. 1.
Mean progeny emergence (%±SE) of Tribolium castaneum (A) and Trogoderma granarium (B) after 50 days post last exposure of application treated with Beauveria bassiana and diatomaceous earth (means followed by the same letters with in treatments are statistically same; HSD test at P = 1%). T1= B. bassiana @ 1×106 conidia/ml, T2= B. bassiana @ 1×107 conidia/ml, T3= DE @ 50 ppm, T4= DE @ 100 ppm, T5= B. bassiana @ 1×106 conidia/ml + DE @ 50 ppm, T6= B. bassiana @ 1×106 conidia/ml + DE @ 100 ppm, T7= B. bassiana @ 1×107conidia/ml + DE @ 50 ppm, T8= B. bassiana @ 1×107 conidia kg-1 + DE @ 100 ppm and T9= Control.