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Table 5 Efficacy of different pest management modules on leaf and fruit infestation by hog-plum beetle, P. 14-punctata under field condition during 2018

From: Sustainable pest management approach against the hog plum leaf beetle, Podontia 14-punctata Linn. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Treatments

Leaf infestation (%)

Fruit infestation (%)

Reduction of leaf infestation over control (%)

Reduction of fruit infestation over control (%)

Yield (ton/ha)

Yield increased over control (%)

T1

2.37d

2.84d

88.40

81.74

18.36a

39.04

T2

5.38c

5.16bc

73.67

66.82

16.48b

24.76

T3

7.35bc

7.39b

64.02

52.48

15.80bc

19.63

T4

9.56b

8.56b

53.21

44.95

14.95c

13.21

T5 (control)

20.43a

15.55a

–

–

13.21d

–

  1. All means followed by same letters at each column are not significantly different by Tukey’s multiple range tests, ANOVA (P < 0.05)
  2. T1: Hand picking + soil drenching with microbial pesticides, Lycomax, Russell IPM + trunk banding with packaging tape + spraying of spinosad; T2 = Hand picking + soil drenching with microbial pesticides, Lycomax, Russell IPM + spraying of azadirachtin; T3 = Hand picking + soil drenching with microbial pesticides, Lycomax, Russell IPM; T4: spraying of chlorpyripos + cypermethrin
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