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Table 2 Effect of the tested plant powders on some biological aspects of potato tuber moth (PTM) Phthorimeae operculihha

From: Protection of stored potatoes from infestation with the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using plant powders

Tested plant powder

No. of deposited eggs

Duration of life cycle in days

No. of emerged moths

% Adult offspring (F1)

Mean ± SE

Coriander

1.8 ± 0.66 dc

0 c

0 c

0

Colocynth

2.2 ± 0.92 cb

18.8 ± 7.59b

1.6 ± 0.67 c

72.72

Zyhgophyllum

3.0 ± 1.89 cb

0 c

0 c

0

Senna

4.4 ± 0.81 cb

31.2 ± 2.10 a

3.4 ± 1.08 c

72.27

Camomile

6.4 ± 2.54 cb

35.0 ± 1.00 a

1.4 ± 0.51 c

18.75

Harmel

7.2 ± 1.42 cb

34.2 ± 0.20 a

3.8 ± 1.07 c

52.77

Jasmine

7.4 ± 1.21 cb

27.0 ± 6.80 ba

1.6 ± 0.67 c

21.62

Basil

11.2 ± 2.73 cb

34.2 ± 1.96 a

1.6 ± 0.6 c

17.39

Solanum

12.2 ± 2.22 cb

34.0 ± 0.55 a

12.2 ± 2.2 b

100

Mint

16.6 ± 11.49 ab

30.0 ± 7.5 ab

3.6 ± 1.75 c

21.69

Arnoglosse

17.6 ± 4.77 ab

32.6 ± a.6 a

3.4 ± 0.67 c

19.32

Geranium

18.2 ± 7.17 ab

31.6 ± 1.36 a

3.2 ± 1.39 c

17.85

Control

29.0 ± 7.11 a

33.6 ± 0.68 a

25 ± 5.86 a

95.17

LSD0.05

13.28

11.35

5.49

 

LSD0.01

7.31

17. 69

15.16

  1. Means with the same letters are not significantly different in vertical column P < 0.05
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