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Table 2 Mean numbers (±SE) of Frankliniella occidentalis per five flowers of tomato after releasing adults of Amblyseius swirskii and Neoseiulus cucumeris at different periods (days)

From: Efficacy of two predatory phytoseiid mites in controlling the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on cherry tomato grown in a hydroponic system

Treatments

Larvae

Adults

50 days

60 days

50 days

60 days

CK

8.75 ± 1.89 a

12.83 ± 2.34 a

4.19 ± 0.33 a

7.11 ± 0.79 a

AS

3.15 ± 0.54 c

2.10 ± 0.31 c

1.94 ± 0.42 b

1.36 ± 0.11 b

NC

4.07 ± 0.46 b

3.24 ± 0.57 b

2.21 ± 0.26 b

1.85 ± 0.18 b

AS + NC

2.46 ± 0.23 c

1.20 ± 0.24 d

1.68 ± 0.17 b

0.89 ± 0.10 b

  1. Means followed by same letters within columns are not significantly different (P < 0.05, Tukey’s HSD)
  2. CK control, AS Amblyseius swirskii, NC Neoseiulus cucumeris, AS + NC Amblyseius swirskii + Neoseiulus cucumeris and SE standard error