“…The average daily maximum temperature (± 1 standard deviation, N = 26 d) was 33.54°C ± 0.96°C, the average daily minimum temperature was 27.87°C ± 2.35°C, and the average daily temperature was 31.09°C ± 1.26°C. While there is variation in life history responses to temperature by B. bassiana (Ekesi et al, 1999;Jackson et al, 2010;Svedese et al, 2013), I. fumosorosea (Yeo et al, 2003) and T. erecta or Z. elegans (Anonymous, 2018;Harrington, 1921;Roberts and Struckmeyer, 1939), the average minimum and daily temperatures recorded during the study were within the viability ranges for the entomopathogens used in the experiment. While the entomopathogens and plants used in the study perform well at warm temperatures, the average maximum temperature recorded during the study exceeded the optimum for I. fumosorosea by an average of 3 to 4°C (Ali et al, 2010;Yeo et al, 2003).…”