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Table 3 Total count of T. absoluta moths collected by the sex pheromone and sticky traps associated with sequential applications during cultivated season

From: Influence of insect traps and insecticides sequential application as a tactic for management of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Month

Inspection time (week)

Mean no. captured adults/trap

Temp. average (°C)

Humidity average (%)

Sex pheromone traps

Sticky traps

Treatment ± (SD)

Control ± (SD)

Treatment ± (SD)

Control ± (SD)

Vegetative stage

April

3rd week

263 ± 16

241 ± 20

8.4 ± 2.3

8.0 ± 1.7

24.5

44.4

4th week

259 ± 19

268 ± 17

7.4 ± 1.7

9.0 ± 3.3

26.8

38.3

Mean

261 ± 17.5

254.5 ± 18.5

7.9 ± 2.0

8.5 ± 2.5

25.7

41.4

May

1st week

312 ± 11

327 ± 15

10.6 ± 3.0

15.0 ± 2.7

24.8

43.0

2nd week

463 ± 31

583 ± 24

11.0 ± 2.3

17.5 ± 3.7

24.4

43.7

3rd week

397 ± 27

533 ± 29

11.4 ± 3.7

18.0 ± 3.0

26.5

39.2

4th week

436 ± 34

567 ± 31

15.8 ± 2.0

22.5 ± 2.0

25.6

37.5

Mean

402 ± 25.8

502.5 ± 24.8

12.2 ± 2.8

18.25 ± 2.9

25.3

40.9

June

1st week

588 ± 22

873 ± 17

15.8 ± 3.3

26.0 ± 3.0

27.6

35.6

2nd week

547 ± 36

963 ± 34

14.2 ± 2.7

30.0 ± 2.0

28.4

34.2

3rd week

631 ± 29

1346 ± 42

17.0 ± 3.7

33.5 ± 3.3

27.4

35.9

General mean

432.89 ± 25

633.40 ± 25.4

12.40 ± 2.7

19.94 ± 2.7

26.20

39.10

Fruiting stage

4th week

625 ± 19

1795 ± 47

16.4 ± 4.3

35.0 ± 2.3

26.9

36.1

Mean

597.8 ± 26.5

1244.2 ± 35

15.85 ± 3.5

31.13 ± 2.7

27.6

35.5

July

1st week

691 ± 34

1935 ± 51

23.2 ± 3.7

36.5 ± 3.0

27.3

35.7

2nd week

715 ± 42

1905 ± 37

27.0 ± 2.7

33.3 ± 2.7

28.6

34.7

3rd week

734 ± 28

1827 ± 49

29.8 ± 4.3

31.5 ± 4.3

31.5

31.6

Mean

713.3 ± 34.7

1244 ± 45.7

26.67 ± 3.6

33.77 ± 3.1

29.1

34.0

General mean

691.3 ± 26.8

1865.5 ± 31.8

24.10 ± 3.1

34.08 ± 2.8

28.6

34.5