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Table 4 Evaluation of Steinernema asiaticum as foliar spray against Plutella xylostella on the cabbage plants under field conditions

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

 

Treatment

Larval mortality (%)

Mean (time)

24 h

48 h

T1

50,000 IJs + adjuvants

26.3 (28.1)

31.3 (33.7)

28.8 (30.9)

T2

Malathion 50 EC @ 0.05%

18.0 (20.8)

18.0 (20.8)

18.0 (20.8)

T3

25,000 IJs + adjuvants + Malathion 50 EC @ 0.025%

36.3 (36.8)

38.8 (38.4)

37.5 (37.6)

T4

25,000 IJs + adjuvants

11.3 (16.2)

11.3 (16.2)

11.3 (16.2)

T5

Water + adjuvants

0 (4.05)

0 (4.05)

0 (4.05)

 

Mean (time)

18.4 (21.2)

19.9 (22.6)

 

Factors

SE (m)

C.D. (P = 0.01)

Treatment

(2.1)

(5.4)

Time

(2.6)

(N.S.)

Interaction (Treatment × Time)

(5.8)

(N.S.)

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