Table 1

Organism	% Mortality	Chitinase U/ml x 10^-3	Activity ± SE
Organism	% Mortality	Chitinase U/ml x 10^-3	Protease U/ml	Lipase U/ml
M. anisopliae	>70	2.89±1.0	2.46 ± 0.91	0.72± 0.29
M. anisopliae	50-70	1.26 ± 0.42	0.90 ± 0.48	0.30± 0.17
M. anisopliae	< 50	0.52 ± 0.06	0.32 ± 0.03	0.08± 0.01
B. bassiana	>70	6.56± 0.33	0.91 ± 0.08	0.34± 0.02
B. bassiana	50-70	4.75 ± 1.27	0.54 ± 0.18	0.26± 0.07
N. rileyi	>70	ND	0.75 ± 0.06	0.6 ± 0.04
N. rileyi	50-70	ND	0.58 ± 0.06	0.36 ± .06
N. rileyi	< 50	ND	0.27± 0.14	0.22 ± 0.07

ND- Not detected, SE- Standard error The values presented are the average of three replications

Table 1: Comparative analysis of insect bioassay and biochemical characteristics of M. anisopliae, B. bassiana, and N. rileyi isolates