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Table 1 Median Lethal Time (LT50)1 ± Standard Error (SE) in days computed for samples of forty 6-8 day old females of A. aegypti after exposure for 48 hours to a filter paper impregnated with 6 × 108 conidia ml -1 of each one of eight isolates of B. bassiana collected from various localities in Mexico

From: Transmission of Beauveria bassiana from male to female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Isolate1

LT50 ± SE

Host/Source

Locality and State

Bb-CBG1

5.03 ± 0.69

Soil

Texcoco, México.

Bb-CBG2

2.70 ± 0.29*

Coleoptera (Aphodius sp.)

Zuazua, Nuevo León

Bb-CBG3

3.20 ± 0.42

Soil

Marín, Nuevo León

Bb-CBG4

5.33 ± 0.53*

Soil

Metztitlan, Hidalgo

Bb-CBG5

4.06 ± 0.46

Soil

Marín, Nuevo León

Bb-CBG6

3.30 ± 0.47

Soil

Cuernavaca, Morelos

Bb-CBG7

3.46 ± 0.47

Soil

La Ceiba, Puebla

Bb-CBG8

3.60 ± 0.51

Soil

Chapingo, México.

Control

14.26 ± 0.43

  
  1. 1 Significance within the same column, χ2 = 194.85, df = 8, p < 0.0001.
  2. *Isolates with the highest and lowest virulence.