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Table 2 Larval mortality (%) of Plutella xylostella by Steinernema asiaticum in screen house after second spray in split application

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 (IJs) per plant

Mean (time)

15,000

10,000

Water + adjuvants

Water alone

24 h

18.00

(24.63)

09.00

(15.09)

00.00

(04.05)

00.00

(04.05)

06.75

(11.96)

48 h

25.00

(28.93)

13.00

(20.26)

00.00

( 04.05)

00.00

(04.05)

09.50

(14.32)

72 h

27.00

(30.57)

18.00

(25.17)

00.00

(04.05)

00.00

(04.05)

11.25

(15.96)

Mean

(Concentration)

23.33

(28.05)

13.33

(20.17)

00.00

(04.05)

00.00

(04.05)

 

Factors

SE (m)

C.D. (P = 0.01)

Time

(1.59)

(N.S)

Concentration

(1.83)

(5.23)

Interaction (Time x Concentration)

(3.18)

(N. S.)

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