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Table 7 Efficacy of different pest management modules on leaf and fruit infestation by hog-plum beetle, P. 14-punctata under field condition during 2019

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

3.57d

3.87d

80.80

78.41

17.61a

39.66

T2

5.67c

6.33bc

69.55

64.70

15.38b

21.97

T3

5.91c

8.24b

68.26

54.08

14.27bc

13.22

T4

7.40b

8.73b

60.25

51.35

13.98c

10.87

T5 (control)

18.61a

17.94a

  

12.61d

  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