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Table 3 Effectiveness of the formulations in the Tests on university campus

From: Spores of Beauveria bassiana and Trichoderma lignorum as a bioinsecticide for the control of Atta cephalotes

Treatment

n

Week 1

Week 61

Week 122

Week 143

Trichoderma lignorum (Mycobac)

 R4

5

100

66.67 + 2.09 bc

32.07 ± 1.52 de

22.83 + 0.76 d

 R5

5

100

71.34 + 3.29 c

31.96 ± 2.39 d

23.60 + 0.8 d

 R6

5

100

78.91 +2.83 d

35.87 ± 1.88 e

25.87 + 0.91 c

Beauveria Bassiana (Mycontrol)

 R1

5

100

59.50 + 4.62 b

13.45 +2.02 b

13.90 + 0.90 b

 R2

5

100

48.82 + 4.6 a

15.65 +2.45 b

12.90 +1.58 b

 R3

5

100

51.61 + 3.79 a

16.27 + 1.65 b

10.04 + 0.71 f

Formulation A

 R9

5

100

48.6 + 1.96 a

3.88 + 0.86 a

0

 R10

5

100

50.84 + 150 a

1.86 + 1.73 a

0

 R11

5

100

45.22 + 0.86 a

2.72 + 1.57 a

0

Control

 R7

5

100

101.57 + 4.10 e

122.85 + 1.34 c

130.06 + 1.65 e

 R8

5

100

109.02 + 4.34 e

124.27 +1.83 c

131.31 + 0.82 e

  1. The values correspond to the flow rate (percentage) of ants, calculated with respect to the value of week 1, ± standard deviation, R nest
  2. Equal letters identify groups with similar means (Tukey α = 0.05)
  3. 1F = 3076.408 df = 10 p = 0.0001
  4. 2F = 3080.971 df = 10 p = 0.0001
  5. 3F = 11,934.834 df = 7 p = 0.0001