Table 1 Plant damage and crop yield assessment data over the year 2018 and 2019 in entomopathogenic fungal inoculated maize under O. furnacalis attack

BB

0.88 ± 0.03^c

0.32 ± 0.01^c

12,792.4 ± 0.01^b

4518.06 ± 0.12^b

11,294.15 ± 0.05^b

TA

1.58 ± 0.05^b

0.83 ± 0.11^b

11,204.7 ± 0.21^c

2930.19 ± 0.20^c

7325.40. ± 0.03^c

BT

0.02 ± 0.02^d

0.01 ± 0.01^d

15,085.7 ± 0.13^a

6811.62 ± 0.21^a

17,029.05 ± 0.21^a

IC

3.75 ± 0.01^a

6.79 ± 0.02^a

8274 ± 0.05^d

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BB

1.20 ± 0.21^b

0.58 ± 0.08^c

13,096.8 ± 0.03^b

4688.58 ± 0.04^b

11,721.45 ± 0.21^b

TA

1.92 ± 0.05^b

1.32 ± 0.10^b

12,389.9 ± 0.12^bc

3982.40 ± 0.19^bc

9956 ± 0.09^c

BT

0.14 ± 0.01^c

0.17 ± 0.01^d

16,524.9 ± 0.21^a

8117.45 ± 0.02^a

20,293.62 ± 0.14^a

IC

5.24 ± 0.03^a

7.79 ± 0.01^a

8407.5 ± 0.09^d

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