Development of imidacloprid and indoxacarb formulations to nanoformulations and their efficacy against Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd)

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Effect of the conventional formulations of imidacloprid and indoxacarb against the second instar larvae of S. littoralis

Insecticides	The percentages of mortalities
	C1	C2	C3	Slope ± SE	LC₅₀ and fudicial limits
	Means ± SE	Means ± SE	Means ± SE	Slope ± SE	LC₅₀ and fudicial limits
Imidacloprid	91.7 ± 2.9^a	61.7 ± 2.9^a	31.7 ± 2.9^a	3.1 ± 0.4	66.5 (57.7–75.2)
Indoxacarb	76.7 ± 2.9^b	58.3 ± 7.6^a	30.0 ± 5.0^a	2.1 ± 0.3	34.3 (28.4–40.3)
Control	1.7 ± 2.9^c	0.0^b	1.7 ± 2.9^b
F values*	837.14***	162.3***	61.4***
LSD_5%	5.77	9.4	7.4

*Means under each variety sharing the same letter in a column are not significantly different at P < 0.05