Table 1 Summary of treatments used in bioassays on Kuschelorhynchus macadamiae in the laboratory.

From: Transmission of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to adults of Kuschelorhynchus macadamiae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from infected adults and conidiated cadavers

Treatments

Bioassay I

Bioassays II & III

Donorsa

Recipients

Donorsb

Recipients

Control

–

10

–

10

1:1

5

5

5

5

1:2

4

8

4

8

1:5

2

10

2

10

1:10

1

10

1

10

1:20

1

20

1

20

Positive control

12

–

–

–

  1. aThe number of fungus-infected adults used as donors in the experiment. The fungus-infected adults were initially painted with permanent red pen ink and infected with fungal suspension at their LC95 conidial concentrations, followed by high humidity incubation (> 95% RH) for 24 h before being introduced to the recipients.
  2. bThe number of conidiated cadavers used as the donors in the experiments.
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