Table 1 Development of Ischiodon scutellaris on different aphid hosts

Aphis gossypii from cotton

6.20 ± 0.44^a

5.20 ± 0.84

19.0 ± 3.00^a

100.00^a

Aphis craccivora

4.40 ± 2.50^b

4.80 ± 0.81

19.0 ± 10.00^a

100.00^a

Hyperomyzus carducellinus

5.60 ± 0.55^ab

5.60 ± 0.89

23.0 ± 3.00^a

100.00^a

Aphis gossypii from okra

7.20 ± 0.84^a

7.00 ± 0.71

9.0 ± 12^b

56.40^b

Brevicoryne brassicae

7.00 ± 0.71^a

6.60 ± 0.55

27.0 ± 2^a

100.00^a

F value

4.04

–

3.53

3.51

P value

p ˂ 0.0001

NS

p ˂ 0.0001

p ˂ 0.0001