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Table 3 Infestation reduction percentage of Earias insulana during two seasons

From: Influence of some insecticide sequences on the injurious insect- pests of cotton plants

Treatments

Percentage of infestation reduction

First spray

Second spray

Third spray

Fourth spray

General mean

1st week

2nd week

Mean

1st week

2nd week

Mean

1st week

2nd week

Mean

1st week

2nd week

Mean

 

Season 2017

 Sequence 1

Profenofos

Profenofos

Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin

 

70.2

67.2

68.7c

84.5

79.2

81.9a

78.1

74.4

76.3b

80.7

77.3

79.0b

76.5d

 Sequence 2

Spinosad

Profenofos

Spinosad

Carbosulfan

 

87.4

85.1

86.3ab

92.8

88.0

90.4ab

83.3

79.3

81.3a

85.4

82.5

84.0a

85.5b

 Sequence 3

Cypermethrin

Profenofos

Cypermethrin

Carbosulfan

 

93.4

88.8

91.1ab

95.9

91.4

93.7ab

86.0

85.0

85.5a

90.0

88.0

89.0a

89.8a

 Sequence 4

Carbosulfan

Carbosulfan

Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin

 

82.2

79.6

80.9a

76.9

74.3

75.6c

79.0

77.0

78.0b

77.9

75.8

76.9b

77.9b

 Sequence 5

Acetamiprid

Cypermethrin

Chlorfenapyr

Profenofos

 

94.6

92.5

93.6ab

95.0

91.4

93.2ab

91.3

89.2

90.8ab

89.0

85.0

87.0a

91.2ab

 Sequence 6

Profenofos

Spinosad

Cypermethrin

Carbosulfan

 

90.2

88.4

89.3a

85.2

83.2

84.2a

83.7

82.3

83.0a

81.1

77.8

79.5b

84.0a

 Sequence 7

Cypermethrin

Emmamectin benzoate

Indoxacarb

Profenofos

 

96.0

95.9

96.0ab

96.3

93.0

94.7ab

94.4

92.5

93.5ab

92.8

90.3

91.6ab

94.0ab

Season 2018

 Sequence 1

Profenofos

Profenofos

Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin

 

73.6

68.1

71.4d

84.0

81.4

82.7c

75.8

72.2

74.0d

85.9

82.0

84.0c

78.0d

 Sequence 2

Spinosad

Profenofos

Spinosad

Carbosulfan

 

94.7

92.8

93.8a

90.0

86.0

88.0b

84.3

80.2

82.3c

88.9

85.1

87.0 a

87.8b

 Sequence 3

Cypermethrin

Profenofos

Cypermethrin

Carbosulfan

 

94.0

90.0

92.4a

91.8

89.3

90.6a

91.7

88.3

90.0a

93.0

90.0

91.5a

91.1a

 Sequence 4

Carbosulfan

Carbosulfan

Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin

 

84.6

81.4

83.0a

74.6

72.4

73.5d

86.5

83.4

85.0c

79.2

76.1

77.7d

79.8d

 Sequence 5

Acetamiprid

Cypermethrin

Chlorfenapyr

Profenofos

 

96.9

95.0

96.0a

95.5

92.4

94.0a

93.3

92.0

92.7a

91.0

88.6

89.8ab

93.1a

 Sequence 6

Profenofos

Spinosad

Cypermethrin

Carbosulfan

 

97.7

95.6

96.7a

82.7

80.8

81.8a

94.9

91.7

93.3a

83.1

81.0

82.1a

88.5b

 Sequence 7

Cypermethrin

Emmamectin benzoate

Indoxacarb

Profenofos

 

96.9

95.7

96.3a

96.5

95.2

95.9a

96.0

95.4

95.7a

95.0

93.4

94.2a

95.5a

  1. Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significant at P < 0.05