The Journal of Insect Science: Volume 4/Article 38/Table 1

Table 1. Comparison of Fungal Development Index (FDI) for blastospore treatments of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus Trinidadian strains T, T10 and T11 infecting fourth-instar nymphs of Trialeurodes vaporariorum on a glass slide placed inside a PDA Petri dish plate at 25 ± 0.5 °C for 8 days with a 24:0 and 16:8 hour L:D photoperiod at ~100% RH.

	Mean FDI ± SEM values observed for blastospore treatments per day¹
Days	1	2	3	4	6	8
Treatment (L:D)
strain T (24:0)^a	1.4 ± 0.04b	1.6 ± 0.05b	1.8 ± 0.04b	2.3 ± 0.08b	2.8 ± 0.09b	2.8 ± 0.09a
strain T (16:8)	1.2 ± 0.07a	1.5 ± 0.07a	1.5 ± 0.08a	1.6 ± 0.07a	2.0 ± 0.14a	2.6 ± 0.13a
strain T10 (24:0)^a	1.4 ± 0.04a	1.7 ± 0.04a	2.1 ± 0.06b	2.5 ± 0.08b	2.8 ± 0.07b	2.9 ± 0.07a
strain T10 (16:8)	1.5 ± 0.00a	1.8 ± 0.05a	1.8 ± 0.05a	1.9 ± 0.04a	2.4 ± 0.10a	2.7 ± 0.10a
strain T11 (24:0)^a	1.6 ± 0.04a	1.9 ± 0.04a	2.3 ± 0.06b	2.8 ± 0.05b	2.9 ± 0.04b	3.0 ± 0.00b
strain T11 (16:8)	1.5 ± 0.00a	1.9 ± 0.06a	1.9 ± 0.07a	2.1 ± 0.11a	2.5 ± 0.15a	2.7 ± 0.13a

¹Means followed by different letters in a column are significantly different (Sheffé F-test, p < 0.05). n = 32 nymphs for strains T and T10; n = 31 nymphs for strain T11 assessed at each daily period of observation under a 24:0 hour L:D photoperiod. n = 24 nymphs assessed for each fungal strain at each daily period of observation under a 16:8 hour L:D photoperiod.
^aData from replicate experiments were pooled.