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Table 4 Interaction two factors (Predator*Treatment) with respect to the adult predators’ abundance

From: Do the diversity of plants and sulphur application influence the population fluctuation of insect predator?

Predator*Treatment

Post treatment intervals (hours)

0 h

2 h

12 h

24 h

48 h

72 h

168 h

Mean number of each predator ± SE

Coccinella

Control

12.38 ± 1.54a

9.50 ± 1.00c

18.63 ± 2.21ab

19.13 ± 1.47ab

16.63 ± 1.78b

16.25 ± 1.03b

15.63 ± 1.72b

Sulphur treated

15.38 ± 1.78a

4.75 ± 1.33d

7.50 ± 0.82cd

6.63 ± 0.80cd

9.75 ± 0.77cd

11.75 ± 0.68c

14.00 ± 1.99b

Untreated second area

13.00 ± 1.61a

16.63 ± 3.45a

20.25 ± 3.11a

21.63 ± 3.43a

22.38 ± 3.33a

18.88 ± 2.29a

19.75 ± 1.99a

Chrysoperla

Control

11.50 ± 2.96a

13.25 ± 3.18b

16.63 ± 4.32b

16.63 ± 5.08b

16.75 ± 4.56b

16.38 ± 3.77b

18.63 ± 4.42a

Sulphur treated

11.25 ± 2.58a

4.38 ± 1.64d

4.13 ± 1.32e

7.75 ± 1.91c

10.25 ± 2.05cd

9.88 ± 1.42c

10.13 ± 0.61c

Untreated second area

11.63 ± 2.85a

16.50 ± 5.14a

17.38 ± 5.18b

18.75 ± 5.42b

12.75 ± 2.70c

9.88 ± 2.01c

9.00 ± 0.89cd

Stethorus

Control

6.50 ± 1.18a

4.50 ± 0.87d

8.75 ± 0.82c

7.88 ± 1.38c

8.25 ± 0.86d

7.13 ± 0.77d

7.88 ± 0.95cd

Sulphur treated

6.75 ± 1.11a

1.25 ± 0.49e

0.13 ± 0.13f

0.75 ± 0.16e

2.38 ± 0.57e

1.63 ± 0.26e

2.50 ± 0.57e

Untreated second area

5.13 ± 0.72a

4.13 ± 0.69d

6.25 ± 0.49d

4.25 ± 0.77d

7.25 ± 94d

7.38 ± 0.82d

6.88 ± 0.44d

F value

0.960NS

11.679**

8.287**

9.682**

6.662**

9.591**

11.198**

LSD at 5 %

2.431

2.009

2.750

3.310

2.321

2.997

P value

0.0000

0.0001

0.0000

0.0004

0.0000

0.0000

  1. Means in a column followed with the same letter(s) are not significantly different (P at 5%)
  2. **Highly significant
  3. NSInsignificant