Table 3 Mean numbers of three microlepidopteran larvae/panicle ± standard error recorded on various developmental stages of sorghum panicles during three successive season of 2016–2018

2016

Half-bloom

Soft dough I

6.5 ± 2.3

1.3 ± 1.13

6.6 ± 2.12

14.4 ± 5.49

Soft dough II

4.1 ± 0.61

2.1 ± 0.26

9.5 ± 1.97

15.7 ± 1.77

Hard dough

15.4 ± 1.81

2.3 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.21

19.3 ± 1.96

Physiological maturity I

16.6 ± 2.48

4.2 ± 1.38

12.7 ± 3.85

33.5 ± 2.23

Physiological maturity II

8.7 ± 0.79

1.5 ± 0.26

2.3 ± 0.65

12.5 ± 0.95

Mean

10.26

2.28

6.54

19.08

LSD

5.10

2.59

6.81

9.16

2017

Half-bloom

Soft dough I

4.6 ± 0.8

8 ± 0.66

7.8 ± 0.82

20.4 ± 1.36

Soft dough II

6.9 ± 1.09

2.7 ± 0.65

3.4 ± 1.23

13 ± 1.64

Hard dough

3.6 ± 0.84

2.2 ± 0.31

3.6 ± 0.59

9.4 ± 0.98

Physiological maturity I

10.9 ± 1.56

5.7 ± 1.05

1.8 ± 0.42

18.4 ± 2.03

Physiological maturity II

15.3 ± 1.56

1.4 ± 0.21

1.2 ± 0.37

17.9 ± 1.88

Mean

8.26

3.575

4

15.82

LSD

3.72

1.71

2.2

4.32

2018

Half-bloom

Soft dough I

1.3 ± 0.49

2.1 ± 0.41

3 ± 0.47

6.4 ± 0.92

Soft dough II

5.3 ± 1.56

8.8 ± 2.59

4.2 ± 0,89

18.3 ± 3.27

Hard dough

23.7 ± 8.03

13.4 ± 4.53

9 ± 2.36

46.1 ± 8.39

Physiological maturity I

17.3 ± 4.54

5.7 ± 1.55

6 ± 1.47

29 ± 6.57

Physiological maturity II

25.1 ± 5.74

6.4 ± 1.28

2 ± 0.57

33.5 ± 6.69

Mean

14.54

7.28

5.67

28.75

LSD

14.51

7.58

3.58

16.72