Evaluation of the fungal activity of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces lilacinus as biocontrol agents against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita on cowpea

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Table 3 Effects of three culture filtrate dilutions from Beauveria bassiana, Metarhiziam aniisopliae and Paecilomyces lilacinus on the mortality of second-stage juveniles of Meloidogyne incognita under in vitro test

Treatments	Dilution	% mortality			% recovery	% net mortality
Treatments	Dilution	24 h	48 h	72 h	% recovery	% net mortality
Beauveria bassiana	S	89	94	95	25	70
	S/2	85	91	95	20	75
	S/4	78	80	82	17	65
Metarhiziam aniisopliae	S	94	98	100	00	100
	S/2	91	95	97	00	97
	S/4	82	90	95	00	95
Paecilomyces lilacinus	S	91	93	96	20	76
	S/2	87	90	92	38	54
	S/4	64	68	88	62	26
Distilled water (control)	–	00	00	00	00	00