Table 2 Emulsion stability (EC formulations) and foam formation of the tested insecticides before storage, after cold, and heat tropical storage using distilled, soft, and hard water
Insecticides | Before storage | After cold storage | After heat tropical storage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.W. | S.W. | H.W. | D.W. | S.W. | H.W. | D.W. | S.W. | H.W. | |
Emulsion stability of EC formulations (separation ml) | |||||||||
 Action Phos | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
 Delta Plus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Emperor | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Pestban | 3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
 Vapcomic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Foam formation (ml) | |||||||||
 Actara (WG) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
 Action Phos EC | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 |
 Challenger (SC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Coragen 20 (SC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Delta Plus EC | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
 Emperor EC | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
 Imaxi (SC) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
 Pestban EC | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
 Radiant (SC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Vapcomic EC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |