## 3 Results
### Effect of pH on Formulated Conidia Stability  
After analyzing the pH values of the OP-Hir-3 (Tabasco) strain-formulated conidia, we observed that treatments stored at 25 \(\pm\) 3 \({}^{\circ}\)C (Figure 2A) remained stable after 90 d, showing no significant (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\geq\) 0.05) difference as compared with the 0 d sample, except for the FH3-3 treatment. The FH3-3 treatment was formulated with both gums, which evidenced significant (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\leq\) 0.05) differences between 0 d and 90 d. Furthermore, treatments showed significant (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\leq\) 0.05) differences between 0 d and 120 d, except for the control, which evidenced no significant difference (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\geq\) 0.05). All treatments remained stable after 90 d of storage at 4 \(\pm\) 1 \({}^{\circ}\)C (Figure 2B), as there was no significant (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.84; \(p\)\(\geq\) 0.05) difference in pH values, compared with the initial sample. However, treatments presented significant differences between days 0 and 120, where pH values were lower, unlike the control, which did not show significant (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\geq\) 0.05) differences after storage. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Germination (Mean \(\pm\) SEM)**} \\ \hline
**Days** & **FH3-1** & **FH3-2** & **FH3-3** & **FH3-4** & **FH3-Control** \\ \hline
0 & 95.50 \(\pm\) 0.43 a & 95.83 \(\pm\) 0.7 a & 96.17 \(\pm\) 0.48 a & 94.67 \(\pm\) 0.71 a & 91.83 \(\pm\) 0.87 b \\
30 & 93.50 \(\pm\) 0.76 a & 94.50 \(\pm\) 0.43 a & 94.83 \(\pm\) 0.48 a & 93.50 \(\pm\) 0.56 a & 90.83 \(\pm\) 0.48 b \\
60 & 92.83 \(\pm\) 0.70 a & 92.50 \(\pm\) 1.06 a & 92.33 \(\pm\) 0.96 a & 92.83 \(\pm\) 0.70 a & 85.33 \(\pm\) 1.38 b \\
90 & 85.50 \(\pm\) 1.33 a & 84.83 \(\pm\) 1.11 a & 87.17 \(\pm\) 0.83 a & 85.50 \(\pm\) 0.76 a & 70.67 \(\pm\) 1.28 b \\
120 & 79.50 \(\pm\) 1.23 a & 81.17 \(\pm\) 0.60 a & 82.00 \(\pm\) 0.51 a & 80.67 \(\pm\) 0.56 a & 68.67 \(\pm\) 2.43 b \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Values followed by the same letter indicate no significant difference (Tukey \(\alpha\) = 0.05). Data represent means \(\pm\) SEM of triplicate determinations from three independent experiments.  
\end{table} 
Table 6: Effect of formulations and storage periods at 4 \(\pm\) 1 \({}^{\circ}\)C on _Hirstella citriformis_ OP-Hir-3 strain conidia germination percentage \({}^{1}\). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Germination (Mean \(\pm\) SEM)**} \\ \hline
**Days** & **FH10-1** & **FH10-2** & **FH10-3** & **FH10-4** & **FH10-Control** \\ \hline
0 & 95.67 \(\pm\) 0.21 a & 95.00 \(\pm\) 0.36 a & 96.00 \(\pm\) 0.36 a & 95.67 \(\pm\) 0.56 a & 93.67 \(\pm\) 0.21 b \\
30 & 94.00 \(\pm\) 0.26 a & 94.33 \(\pm\) 0.42 a & 93.83 \(\pm\) 0.31 a & 93.83 \(\pm\) 0.31 a & 92.67 \(\pm\) 0.49 b \\
60 & 92.00 \(\pm\) 0.58 a & 91.83 \(\pm\) 0.48 a & 91.67 \(\pm\) 0.56 a & 90.67 \(\pm\) 0.49 a & 85.67 \(\pm\) 0.49 b \\
90 & 87.83 \(\pm\) 0.48 a & 87.33 \(\pm\) 0.56 a & 87.83 \(\pm\) 0.75 a & 86.67 \(\pm\) 0.49 a & 72.33 \(\pm\) 0.33 b \\
120 & 80.67 \(\pm\) 0.62 a & 80.17 \(\pm\) 0.91 a & 82.17 \(\pm\) 0.40 a & 80.50 \(\pm\) 0.67 a & 61.50 \(\pm\) 1.17 b \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Values followed by the same letter indicate no significant difference (Tukey \(\alpha\) = 0.05). Data represent means \(\pm\) SEM of triplicate determinations from three independent experiments.  
\end{table} 
Table 7: Effect of formulations and storage periods at 4 \(\pm\) 1 \({}^{\circ}\)C on _Hirstella citriformis_ OP-Hir-10 strain conidia germination percentage \({}^{1}\). Furthermore, treatments of the OP-Hir-10 strain stored at 25 \(\pm\) 3 \({}^{\circ}\)C remained stable after 90 d (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\geq\) 0.05), as compared with the 0 d sample, except for the treatments FH3-2 and FH3-4, which were significantly (F\({}_{1,11}\) = 4.844; \(p\)\(\leq\) 0.05) different after 0 d and 90 d of storage.