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Table 2 Total production yield, bioagent costs, and cost benefits of sweet pepper when releasing the three predators, O. albidipennis, M. caliginosus, and A. swirskii, in the experimental tunnels during winter plantation of 2015–2016

From: Orius albidipennis (Rueter) as an effective biocontrol agent against Tetranychus urticae Koch on pepper crops in greenhouse in Egypt

Treatments

Yield (kg)

Production price (LE)

Bioagent costs (LE)

Cost benefits (LE)

Control

685.2

8565

8565

O. albidipennis

870.52

10,881.5

129.6

10,751.9

M. caliginosus

842.35

10,529.375

259.2

10,270.175

A. swirskii

881.22

11,015.25

345.6

10,669.65