Native entomopathogenic Metarhizium spp. from Burkina Faso and their virulence against the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii and non-target insects

Table 2 Two week-survival and grouping survival values for non-target insects (Honeybees and Cockroachs) treated with Burkina Faso local Metarhizium pingshaense strains (Met_10 and Met_26) compared with wild type Metarhizium pingshaense expressing red fluorescent protein (Met_RFP) at three different concentrations and a control (0.01% Tween)

Non-target insect	Concentration (conidia/ml)^a	Treatment	Survival + SE (%)	Grouping survival^b
Honeybee	C1 (1 × 10⁸)	Control	93.8 ± 1	a
		Met_RFP	98.2 ± 1	a
		Met_S10	98.1 ± 2	a
		Met_S26	94.6 ± 2	a
	C2 (1 × 10⁷)	Control	94.6 ± 1	a
		Met_RFP	97.3 ± 2	a
		Met_S10	98.3 ± 1	a
		Met_S26	97.3 ± 0	a
	C3 (1 × 10⁶)	Control	95.3 ± 1	a
		Met_RFP	99.1 ± 1	a
		Met_S10	99.0 ± 0	a
		Met_S26	95.1 ± 2	a
Cockroach	C1 (1 × 10⁸)	Control	95.7 ± 2	a
		Met_RFP	97.8 ± 2	a
		Met_S10	98.8 ± 1	a
		Met_S26	97.5 ± 1	a
	C2 (1 × 10⁷)	Control	96.1 ± 2	a
		Met_RFP	97.5 ± 1	a
		Met_S10	98.7 ± 1	a
		Met_S26	97.7 ± 1	a
	C3 (1 × 10⁶)	Control	96.0 ± 1	a
		Met_RFP	97.0 ± 1	a
		Met_S10	97.0 ± 1	a
		Met_S26	96.0 ± 1	a

Abbreviation: SE standard error of the mean
^aIn 0.01% Tween80
^bPairwise comparison of survival mean values per spraying conidia suspension concentrations; treatments with no letters in common differ significantly at P < 0.05

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