Storage and persistence of a candidate fungal biopesticide for use against adult malaria vectors

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Model parameters and survival data for spore viability when kept in sealed or open storage at different temperatures

Treatment	Storage temperature	Weibull parameters			Spore survival (days)
Treatment	Storage temperature	A	G	R ²	LT₂₀	LT₅₀
Closed storage	22°C	1.53x10^-10	5.578	0.99	60	73
	26°C	6.05x10^-16	9.477	0.99	44	49
	32°C	1.78x10^-15	10.49	0.99	28	31
Open Storage	22°C	5.85x10^-9	4.203	0.96	90	117
	26°C	7.76x10^-11	5.883	0.98	55	67
	32°C	5.94x10^-13	9.357	0.99	22	25

Spores were moved from refrigeration after 585 days and sub-sampled at intervals until germination rates had declined to zero. Details of the Weibull survival function are given in the main text.

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