Abstract
During the Kharif season of 2024-2025, research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi was conducted at the Wheat and Maize Research Unit of VNMKV, Parbhani. Field trials assessing the efficacy of various biopesticides against fall armyworm in maize revealed that Metarhizium rileyi was the most effective, showing the lowest larval count and least plant damage. Its performance was comparable to the combination of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana. In contrast, the treatment combining Lecanicillium lacani and Beauveria bassiana was the least effective, exhibiting the highest larval population. Other formulations, including combinations like Lecanicillium lacani + Beauveria bassiana + Metarhizium rileyi + Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium rileyi + Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium rileyi + Lecanicillium lacani, and Metarhizium rileyi + Lecanicillium lacani + Beauveria bassiana, also performed better than the untreated control. The highest maize grain yield was obtained from plots treated with Metarhizium rileyi,
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Metarhizium rileyi gave the lowest fall armyworm larval count.
- Treatment
- Metarhizium rileyie0
- Interactor
- fall armyworm
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Spodoptera frugiperdae1pest - Second interactor
- Metarhizium rileyiMetarhizium rileyie0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- larval counte0
- Direction
- loweste0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Metarhizium rileyi was the most effective, showing the lowest larval count and least plant damage.”
t0“maize”
e1“research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Metarhizium rileyi gave the least maize plant damage.
- Treatment
- Metarhizium rileyie0
- Interactor
- fall armywormSpodoptera frugiperdae1pest
- Second interactor
- Metarhizium rileyiMetarhizium rileyie0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- plant damagee0
- Direction
- leaste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Metarhizium rileyi was the most effective, showing the lowest larval count and least plant damage.”
t0“maize”
e1“research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Metarhizium rileyi performed comparably to the M. anisopliae and B. bassiana combination.
- Treatment
- Metarhizium rileyie1
- Interactor
- fall armywormSpodoptera frugiperdae2pest
- Outcome
- performancee0
- Direction
- comparablee0
- Comparator
- combination of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassianae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Its performance was comparable to the combination of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana.”
t0“maize”
e1“Metarhizium rileyi was the most effective, showing the lowest larval count and least plant damage.”
e2“research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Lecanicillium lacani and B. bassiana combination had the highest larval population.
- Treatment
- Lecanicillium lacani and Beauveria bassianae0
- Interactor
- fall armywormSpodoptera frugiperdae1pest
- Outcome
- larval populatione0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the treatment combining Lecanicillium lacani and Beauveria bassiana was the least effective, exhibiting the highest larval population.”
t0“maize”
e1“research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Four other fungal formulations performed better than untreated control.
- Treatment
- Other formulationse0
- Interactor
- fall armywormSpodoptera frugiperdae1pest
- Outcome
- performed bettere0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Other formulations, including combinations like Lecanicillium lacani + Beauveria bassiana + Metarhizium rileyi + Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium rileyi + Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium rileyi + Lecanicillium lacani, and Metarhizium rileyi + Lecanicillium lacani + Beauveria bassiana, also performed better than the untreated control.”
t0“maize”
e1“research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Metarhizium rileyi plots had the highest maize grain yield.
- Treatment
- Metarhizium rileyie0
- Interactor
- fall armywormSpodoptera frugiperdae1pest
- Second interactor
- Metarhizium rileyiMetarhizium rileyie0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- maize grain yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest maize grain yield was obtained from plots treated with Metarhizium rileyi”
e1“research on controlling fall armyworm in maize using entomopathogenic fungi”
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