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Table 1 Panicle-feeding insect pest mean infestations on sorghum heads at different dates of sampling in the 2017 cropping season

From: Effects of insecticides and cultivars on panicle-feeding insect pest infestations and grain yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in northern Ghana

Date of sampling

Stenodiplosis sorghicola/head

Clavigralla tomentosicollis/head

Dysdercus fasciantus/head

Nezara viridula/head

Riptortus dentipes/head

27/09/2017

1.15

0.88

1.29

0.90

0.88

09/10/2017

0.93

1.71

3.52

1.03

1.41

25/10/2017

0.88

1.23

6.42

0.88

1.10

p value

0.002

0.002

< 0.001

0.026

0.042

LSD (p < 0.05)

0.14

0.42

1.31

0.12

0.22

  1. LSD = least significant difference at 5% probability threshold