Table 1 Kaplan Meier pair-wise comparisons of the median survival times (MST) of An. gambiae s.s. females exposed to different concentrations (1 × 10⁷, 1 × 10⁸, 1 × 10⁹, 2 × 10⁹, 2 × 10¹⁰ and 4 × 10¹⁰ conidia m^-2) of M. anisopliae ICIPE-30 and B. bassiana I93-825 (IMI 391510) for 6 h.

M. anisopliae

Control

11 ± 0.32

χ² = 15.12

χ² = 24.00

χ² = 50.7

χ² = 195.11

χ² = 239.68

χ² = 261.26

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

P < 0.001*

1 × 10 ⁷

10 ± 0.32

χ² = 1.87

χ² = 14.46

χ² = 138.37

χ² = 197.25

χ² = 219.10

p = 0.17

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

1 × 10 ⁸

9 ± 0.37

χ² = 5.95

χ² = 98.86

χ² = 166.80

χ² = 188.48

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

1 × 10 ⁹

8 ± 0.43

χ² = 53.99

χ² = 119.57

χ² = 104.37

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

2 × 10 ⁹

6 ± 0.15

χ² = 79.62

χ² = 104.37

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

2 × 10 ¹⁰

4 ± 0.12

χ² = 3.54

p = 0.07

B. bassiana

Control

11 ± 0.32

χ² = 25.09

χ² = 47.61

χ² = 27.13

χ² = 109.37

χ² = 251.31

χ² = 251.60

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

1 × 10 ⁷

10 ± 0.47

χ² = 4.53

χ² = 0.319

χ² = 38.97

χ² = 171.18 p

χ² = 181.16

p < 0.001*

p = 0.57

p < 0.001*

< 0.001*

p < 0.001*

1 × 10 ⁸

9 ± 0.23

χ² = 1.47

χ = 21.40

χ² = 158.71 p

χ² = 168.32

p = 0.22

p < 0.001*

< 0.001*

p < 0.001*

1 × 10 ⁹

9 ± 0.58

χ² = 21.90

χ² = 112.07 p

χ² = 114.26

p < 0.001*

<0.001*

p < 0.001*

2 × 10 ⁹

6 ± 0.17

χ² = 88.29

χ² = 130.05

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

2 × 10 ¹⁰

4 ± 0.11

χ² = 3.56

p = 0.06