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Table 2 Effect of neem oil and neem nanoemulsion on the parasitism, adult emergence, and mortality of the internal parasitoid larvae of Meteorus gyrator

From: Impact of neem-nanoemulsion and neem petroleum ether extract on some biological parameters of the internal parasitoid, Meteorus gyrator (Thub.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Concentration (ppm)	Treatments Mean ± SE
	Parasitism			Adult emergence			% Mortality
	Neem nanoemulsion	Neem	T-value (df = 8)	Neem nanoemulsion	Neem	T value (df = 8)	Neem nanoemulsion	Neem	T value (df = 8)
50	88.70 ± 0.78 b B	92.00 ± 1.08 b A	2.477*	74.30 ± 1.22 b B	81.90 ± 0.72 b A	5.373**	9.20 ± 0.36 e A	6.00 ± 0.86 d B	4.130**
100	88.40 ± 0.69 b A	90.00 ± 2.05 bc A	0.473^NS	71.40 ± 0.55 c A	75.60 ± 1.94 c A	2.080 ^NS	14.10 ± 0.42 d A	7.00 ± 0.48 d B	11.047**
200	83.90 ± 2.65 bc A	87.00 ± 1.92 cd A	0.947 ^NS	65.16 ± 1.14 d B	70.50 ± 0.50 d A	4.281**	18.30 ± 1.04 c A	12.00 ± 0.49 c B	5.473**
400	78.90 ± 1.79 cd A	85.00 ± 1.83 d A	2.268 ^NS	60.90 ± 0.35 e B	64.70 ± 0.75 e A	4.609**	23.70 ± 1.05 b A	15.00 ± 0.46 b B	7.619**
800	73.30 ± 1.93 d A	84.00 ± 1.10 d A	2.120 ^NS	58.00 ± 0.52 f A	60.10 ± 1.36 f A	1.440 ^NS	29.00 ± 1.26 a A	25.50 ± 0.30 a B	2.703*
Control	100 a	100 a	–	100 a	100 a	–	0 f	0 e	–
F value(df = 5, 24)	11.816**	15.308**	–	39.711**	17.611**	–	15.872**	37.523**	–
P value	0.001	0.001		0.000	0.000		0.000	0.000

Tabulated T at 5% = 2.306 T at 1% = 3.355
Means in a single column followed with the same small letters are not significantly different (P = 5%)
Means in a single row followed with the same capital letters are not significantly different (P = 5%)
NS not significant
**Highly significant
*Significant

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