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Table 3 The real and apparent mortalities, and deformed flies percentages of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata, treated with imidacloprid pesticide in pupal stage

From: Bio-pesticides alternative diazinon to control peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Concentrations (ppm)

RM of pupae %

AM of adults %

Total mortality %

Deformed flies %

1.5

66.64 b

097.22 ab

96.66 b

30.55 a

3.0

71.01 b

093.33 b

98.88 ab

40.25 a

5.0

73.33 b

100.0a

100.0 a

32.33 ab

8.0

99.0 a

100.0a

100.0 a

38.88 ab

Df

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

SS

1915.1

89.58

22.31

205.77

MS

638.37

29.86

7.43

68.59

F

8.38

11.76

8.00

5.67

P value

0.0075

0.003

0.009

0.02

L.S.D.

16.43

3.0

1.82

6.55

  1. Values with the same letters are not significantly different, L.S.D. least significant difference; RM real mortality; AM apparent mortality, ppm parts per million