Tools for delivering entomopathogenic fungi to malaria mosquitoes: effects of delivery surfaces on fungal efficacy and persistence

Table 1 Median survival times (MST ± SE) of Anopheles gambiae s.s. exposed to Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE-30 and Beauveria bassian a I93-825 at day 2, 14 and 28 post-application of fungus to mud panel, polyester netting and black cotton cloth

Fungus isolate	Delivery surfaces	Days post application	MST ± SE		χ²value	p value
			Treatment	Control
*M. anisopliae*	Mud panel	2	6 ± 0.62	13 ± 0.68	125.64	<0.001
		14	7 ± 0.30	16 ± 0.94	70.37	<0.001
		28	9 ± 0.02	14 ± 0.72	62.80	<0.001
	Polyester netting	2	6 ± 0.40	14 ± 0.85	108.04	<0.001
		14	11 ± 0.51	16 ± 1.01	58.04	<0.001
		28	11 ± 0.82	15 ± 0.70	62.89	<0.001
	Cotton cloth	2	5 ± 0.49	14 ± 0.61	61.81	<0.001
		14	9 ± 0.37	17 ± 0.70	80.57	<0.001
		28	11 ± 0.38	15 ± 0.72	50.46	<0.001
*B. bassiana*	Mud panel	2	8 ± 0.27	13 ± 0.68	86.09	<0.001
		14	9 ± 0.45	16 ± 0.94	62.52	<0.001
		28	10 ± 0.47	14 ± 0.72	41.08	<0.001
	Polyester netting	2	10 ± 0.62	14 ± 0.61	54.90	<0.001
		14	11 ± 0.62	17 ± 0.70	33.01	<0.001
		28	12 ± 0.66	15 ± 0.72	27.88	<0.001
	Cotton cloth	2	5 ± 0.24	14 ± 0.85	156.47	<0.001
		14	10 ± 0.50	16 ± 1.01	76.42	<0.001
		28	10 ± 0.44	15 ± 0.70	52.64	<0.001

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