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Table 1 Important parasitoids parasitizing of M. persicae in mid-hills of north India

From: Performance of the parasitoid species Aphelinus asychis Walker (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), Aphidius ervi (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), using Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as host

District

Percent parasitization*

Aphelinus asychis

Aphidius ervi

Diaeretiella rapae

December

March

December

March

December

March

Kangra

34.25 ± 0.89 (35.85)c

7.53 ± 0.60 (15.98)c

4.26 ± 0.35 (11.95)c

76.25 ± 2.07 (60.84)c

74.25 ± 1.81 (59.50)c

Kullu

37.58 ± 0.84 (37.82)a

10.85 ± 1.60 (19.20)a

6.67 ± 0.48 (14.99)a

80.45 ± 1.40 (63.82)a

80.48 ± 1.32 (63.82)a

Mandi

35.86 ± 0.92 (36.81)b

9.22 ± 0.56 (17.64)b

5.20 ± 0.56 (13.15)b

78.11 ± 1.04 (62.11)b

78.65 ± 1.39 (62.53)b

Solan

36.95 ± 0.71 (37.40)ab

8.19 ± 0.56 (16.62)bc

6.39 ± 0.50 (14.64)a

78.66 ± 0.84 (62.45)b

78.66 ± 0.89 (62.52)b

LSD (p = 0.05)

0.64

1.13

0.75

1.24

1.22

F3, 36

14.73

12.71

28.64

8.02

18.62

p value

< 0.00001

< 0.00001

< 0.00001

0.00032

< 0.00001

  1. Figures in parentheses are arc sine transformed values
  2. Mean values within the columns bearing the same letters are not significantly different—LSD (p = 0.05)
  3. *Average of 50 samples