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Table 1 Larval mortality (%) of Plutella xylostella by Steinernema asiaticum in screen house after first foliar spray on cabbage

From: Evaluation of the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema asiaticum against the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) under screen house and field conditions

Time (h)

Concentrations of infective juveniles per plant

Mean (time)

30,000

15,000

10,000

Water + adjuvants

Water alone

24 h

29.00

(32.30)

19.00

(25.47)

19.00

(25.81)

03.00

(08.92)

01.00

(05.95)

14.20

(19.69)

48 h

36.00

(36.69)

27.00

(31.19)

29.00

(32.69)

03.00

(08.92)

01.00

(05.95)

19.20

(23.09)

72 h

43.00

(41.04)

29.00

(32.51)

32.00

(34.56)

03.00

(08.92)

01.00

(05.95)

21.60

(24.59)

Mean

(concentration)

36.00

(36.68)

25.00

(29.73)

26.66

(31.02)

03.00

(08.92)

01.00

(05.95)

 

Factors

SE (m)

C.D. (P = 0.01)

Time

(1.45)

(N. S.)

Concentration

(1.87)

(5.32)

Interaction (Time × concentration)

(3.25)

(N. S.)

  1. Values in parentheses are angular-transformed (x + 0.5) values