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Table 7 Time of exposure, formulation and dose details and Anopheles gambiae survival estimates following exposure to Beauveria bassiana spores applied to a wood substrate

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

Time after application

Dose and Formulation

Median Lethal Time in days (95% C.I.)

Log rank statistic (Significance compared to control)

Time to 80% mortality days (± 1 SEM)

Day 1

Control

Not achieved

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Not achieved

B. bassiana

Not achieved

9.1 (P < 0.003)

Not achieved

Month 1

Control

Not achieved

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Not achieved

B. bassiana

Not achieved

4.9 (P = 0.027)

Not achieved

Month 2

Control

Not achieved

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Not achieved

B. bassiana

Not achieved

19.1 (P < 0.001)

Not achieved

Month 3

Control

Not achieved

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Not achieved

B. bassiana

Not achieved

n.s.

Not achieved

  1. ‘Not achieved’ indicates that the desired level of mortality (50% - Median Lethal Time, or 80%) was not reached before the end of the 14 day monitoring period.