A Laboratory Assessment of Two Local Strains of the Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. against the Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) and Their Potential as a Mycopesticide

Table 2

Mycelial growth and sporulation of isolates in different temperatures, tolerance against UV radiation, and tendency to mass production.

Isolates	Mycelial growth (mm)			Spore production (×10^7)			UV tolerance (viability %)				Mass production (×10^6)
	20°C	25°C	30°C	20°C	25°C	30°C	Control	15 min.	30 min.	60 min.
AT007	1.81	2.87	1.49	1.20	1.50	1.52	100	16.58	3.33	2.16	1.0
AT076	2.35	2.87	2.61	1.03	1.32	1.61	100	44.33	13.4	12.0	1.2

All values represent mean ± standard error of three determinations (). Different lowercase letters in the same row and different uppercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences ().