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Table 15. Sporulation of Verticillium lecanii Vl2 spores on different grains
Treatment
No. of spores x 10 8 /g
Days after inoculation
6 8 15 20 25 Mean
Crushed bajra + 1% of YE 14.25 16.66 18.86 18.86 18.86 17.49
Crushed sorghum + 1% of YE 8.37 9.75 10.26 11.66 11.66 10.34
Crushed navane + 1% of YE 2.90 3.10 3.85 3.85 3.85 3.52
Crushed maize + 1% of YE 3.36 4.06 5.15 5.79 5.79 4.80
Crushed rice + 1% of YE 21.35 24.05 25.85 25.85 25.85 24.59
Crushed wheat + 1% of YE 2.07 3.05 4.19 4.19 4.19 3.54
Mean 8.71 10.12 11.36 11.70 11.70 10.72
YE – Yeast extract
S.Em± CD (0.01)
A (Food grain) 0.011 0.042
B (Days) 0.010 0.038
A x B 0.024 0.094