Treatments | Dose (g or ml/l) | No. of aphid nymphs/plant*(mean ± SE) | Fruit yield (t/ha) | |||||||||
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Before spray | I spray | II spray | III spray | |||||||||
3DAS | 7DAS | 10DAS | 3DAS | 7DAS | 10DAS | 3DAS | 7DAS | 10DAS | ||||
Beauveria bassiana Bb-B1 | 8 | 39.3 ± 0.4 a | 36.0 ± 0.6c | 34.3 ± 0.6e | 33.6 ± 0.9d | 31.2 ± 1.2c | 29.5 ± 1.5c | 28.5 ± 1.7e | 26.0 ± 2.5e | 24.7 ± 2.7e | 23.7 ± 2.4e | 42.1 ± 1.1cd |
10 | 39.8 ± 1.4a | 35.8 ± 0.2bc | 34.3 ± 0.2e | 33.6 ± 0.4d | 31.2 ± 0.4c | 29.3 ± 0.4c | 28.2 ± 0.6de | 25.7 ± 0.7e | 24.5 ± 1.0e | 23.5 ± 1.1e | 42.4 ± 0.9bcd | |
12 | 40.0 ± 2.2a | 35.5 ± 1.3bc | 34.0 ± 1.1e | 33.3 ± 0.9d | 30.7 ± 0.8c | 29.0 ± 0.8c | 28.0 ± 1.0de | 25.5 ± 1.7e | 24.2 ± 1.9de | 23.0 ± 1.7de | 42.8 ± 0.9bcd | |
Lecanicillium lecanii MTCC 956 | 8 | 38.9 ± 0.6a | 33.7 ± 2.1abc | 31.5 ± 2.5bcd | 30.2 ± 2.4bcd | 26.7 ± 3.9bc | 24.3 ± 4.5abc | 22.3 ± 4.3abcde | 18.2 ± 3.5abcd | 16.0 ± 4.0abcd | 15.2 ± 3.6bcde | 42.6 ± 0.6bcd |
10 | 38.4 ± 1.5a | 32.7 ± 2.2abc | 30.8 ± 2.3abcd | 29.5 ± 2.2bcd | 26.2 ± 3.2abc | 23.7 ± 3.7abc | 21.7 ± 3.7abcde | 17.7 ± 3.2abcd | 15.5 ± 3.8abc | 14.7 ± 4.5abcd | 42.9 ± 1.1bcd | |
12 | 38.7 ± 0.9a | 32.5 ± 2.5abc | 30.2 ± 3.3abcd | 29.0 ± 3.5abcd | 25.7 ± 3.5abc | 23.2 ± 3.7abc | 21.2 ± 3.2abcd | 16.8 ± 3.2abcd | 15.0 ± 3.7abc | 14.3 ± 4.9abc | 43.3 ± 0.7bcd | |
Beauveria bassiana Commercial formulation | 8 | 40.3 ± 0.5a | 35.5 ± 0.9bc | 33.5 ± 0.9cd | 32.3 ± 0.9cd | 28.8 ± 1.3bc | 27.0 ± 1.7bc | 25.7 ± 1.4cde | 21.7 ± 1.2de | 19.5 ± 1.3bcde | 18.2 ± 1.2cde | 41.9 ± 0.2cd |
10 | 39.5 ± 0.9a | 34.3 ± 0.4bc | 32.3 ± 0.7bcd | 31.2 ± 0.7bcd | 27.7 ± 1.8bc | 25.8 ± 1.9bc | 24.5 ± 1.75bcde | 20.7 ± 1.4bcde | 18.5 ± 1.5bcde | 17.2 ± 1.6bcde | 42.5 ± 2.8bcd | |
12 | 39.5 ± 2.2a | 34.0 ± 1.7abc | 31.8 ± 1.6bcd | 30.7 ± 1.2bcd | 27.3 ± 2.0bc | 25.5 ± 2.0bc | 24.2 ± 2.04bcde | 20.3 ± 1.9bcde | 18.2 ± 2.2bcde | 16.8 ± 2.0bcde | 42.4 ± 2.1bcd | |
Metarhizium anisopliae Commercial formulation | 8 | 40.8 ± 1.9a | 36.0 ± 1.3c | 33.8 ± 0.9cd | 32.5 ± 0.8d | 29.0 ± 1.0bc | 26.8 ± 0.4bc | 25.3 ± 0.6cde | 22.0 ± 1.6de | 20.0 ± 2.1cde | 19.0 ± 2.4cde | 42.3 ± 0.8bcd |
10 | 40.2 ± 2.1a | 35.2 ± 2.1bc | 32.8 ± 2.2bcd | 31.5 ± 2.2bcd | 28.0 ± 2.1bc | 25.8 ± 2.2bc | 24.3 ± 2.4bcde | 20.8 ± 2.7cde | 18.8 ± 2.8bcde | 17.8 ± 2.8bcde | 42.2 ± 2.2bcd | |
12 | 39.8 ± 0.7a | 34.2 ± 1.6abc | 32.0 ± 1.5bcd | 30.7 ± 1.6bcd | 27.0 ± 1.2bc | 24.8 ± 1.4bc | 23.3 ± 1.4bcde | 19.8 ± 0.7bcde | 17.7 ± 0.6bcde | 17.0 ± 0.9bcde | 42.6 ± 1.3bcd | |
Lecanicillium lecanii Commercial formulation | 8 | 39.1 ± 1.0a | 33.7 ± 0.7abc | 31.8 ± 0.3bcd | 30.7 ± 0.4bcd | 26.5 ± 0.8abc | 24.2 ± 0.7abc | 22.8 ± 1.0abcde | 18.7 ± 0.9bcd | 16.7 ± 1.7abcde | 16.0 ± 1.5bcde | 42.3 ± 1.1bcd |
10 | 39.2 ± 2.6a | 33.3 ± 1.6abc | 31.5 ± 1.7bcd | 30.2 ± 1.9bcd | 26.0 ± 3.0abc | 23.5 ± 3.0abc | 22.3 ± 3.1abcde | 18.0 ± 3.0abcd | 16.0 ± 4.1abcd | 15.5 ± 3.3bcde | 43.1 ± 1.0bcd | |
12 | 39.0 ± 1.0a | 33.0 ± 1.2abc | 31.0 ± 1.5bcd | 29.8 ± 1.6bcd | 25.5 ± 1.3abc | 23.0 ± 2.0abc | 21.8 ± 1.8abcde | 17.7 ± 2.2abcd | 15.8 ± 3.1abcd | 15.2 ± 2.7bcde | 42.9 ± 1.0bcd | |
Azadirachtin 1% (10,000 ppm) | 4 | 38.3 ± 1.5a | 30.8 ± 1.3abc | 28.5 ± 1.0abc | 27.0 ± 1.2abc | 23.2 ± 1.0ab | 20.3 ± 0.7ab | 18.7 ± 0.7abc | 14.3 ± 0.7abc | 12.2 ± 0.3abc | 10.7 ± 0.4abc | 46.2 ± 2.0abc |
5 | 38.8 ± 1.4a | 30.7 ± 1.1ab | 27.8 ± 0.9ab | 26.5 ± 1.1ab | 22.7 ± 1.6ab | 19.8 ± 1.2ab | 18.2 ± 1.1ab | 13.8 ± 1.2ab | 11.5 ± 1.0ab | 9.5 ± 0.8ab | 47.1 ± 1.6ab | |
Chemical check (malathion 50 EC) | 4 | 38.3 ± 1.2a | 29.2 ± 0.7a | 25.8 ± 1.0a | 24.2 ± 0.9a | 19.8 ± 1.0a | 17.2 ± 0.7a | 16.0 ± 0.3a | 11.7 ± 0.4a | 9.3 ± 0.4a | 6.7 ± 0.8a | 49.4 ± 0.8a |
Control | 37.6 ± 3.6a | 41.1 ± 2.2d | 39.3 ± 2.0f | 39.3 ± 1.6e | 39.0 ± 2.6d | 37.0 ± 2.2d | 37.5 ± 1.0f | 37.2 ± 1.9f | 37.2 ± 3.0f | 36.3 ± 3.2f | 39.8 ± 2.0d | |
F(18,38)values | 0.23 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 2.2 | |
P | 1.00 | 0.03 | < 0.01 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0 .001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0 .001 | 0.022 |