Table 1 Effect of different microbial insecticides and basil plant extract on some biological aspects of potato tuber moth Phthorimeae operculihha

Basil extract + Dipel-2X + GV

3.0 ± 0.63 c

42.6 ± 0.4 d

0.4 ± 0.4 a

Dipel-2X + basil extract

4.0 ± 1.18 c

41.4 ± 0.6 cd

1.2 ± 0.8 c

Basil extract

4.6 ± 1.5 c

30.2 ± 0.4 a

2.4 ± 0.6 c

Basil extract + GV

5.0 ± 1.38 c

36.6 ± 0.2 b

1.8 ± 0.92 c

Dipel-2X + GV

26.2 ± 2.0 b

40.4 ± 0.2 c

8.6 ± 0.68 d

Dipel-2X

32.4 ± 4.03 ab

40.6 ± 0.4 c

10.8 ± 0.5 cd

GV

34.4 ± 2.00 ab

35.1 ± 0.3 b

14.4 ± 2.8 c

Talcum powder

38.2 ± 0.92 a

32 ± 0.95 a

35.4 ± 0.98 a

Untreated tubers

37.8 ± 4.2 a

32.2 ± 0.8 a

37.2 ± 3.87 a

LSD at 0.05

7.3

1.59

5.2

LSD at 0.01

9.3

2.15

7.5