. 2023 Mar 30;14(4):339. doi: 10.3390/insects14040339

Table 2.

Impulse burst rate means of red palm weevil sound activities within infested trees for all treatments during a six-month period.

Treatment	Mean monthly Impulse Burst Rates (r_s) of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Sound Activities within Initially Infested Palm Trees							Statistical Analysis F_df1,df2; p
Treatment	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Statistical Analysis F_df1,df2; p
Control (water)	0.43 ± 0.09 aAB	0.42 ± 0.21 abA	0.05 ± 0.01 abA	0.23 ± 0.05 abA	0.23 ± 0.05 abA	0 ± 0 bA	0 ± 0 bA	F_6,35 = 2.99; <0.02
Fipronil (Fiprol)	0.56 ± 0.14 aA	0.29 ± 0.12 abAB	0.06 ± 0.02 bA	0.01 ± 0.01 bB	0.13 ± 0.06 bB	0.01 ± 0.01 bB	0.01 ± 0.01 bB	F_6,35 = 6.77; <0.001
Fungus (B. bassiana)	0.52 ± 0.15 aAB	0.22 ± 0.11 abAB	0.03 ± 0.01 bA	0 ± 0 bB	0 ± 0 bC	0 ± 0 bA	0 ± 0 bA	F_6,42 = 7.66; <0.001
Fungus (M. anisopliae)	0.55 ± 0.16 aA	0.11 ± 0.08 bB	0.03 ± 0.02 bA	0 ± 0 bB	0 ± 0 bC	0 ± 0 bA	0 ± 0 bA	F_6,42 = 7.85; <0.001
Mixed fungal isolates	0.28 ± 0.04 aAB	0.18 ± 0.12 abAB	0.03 ± 0.01 bcA	0 ± 0 bB	0 ± 0 bC	0 ± 0 bA	0 ± 0 bA	F_6,56 = 5.23; <0.001
TreeCare (emamectin benzoate)	0.23 ± 0.04 aB	0.07 ± 0.01 bB	0.05 ± 0.02 bA	0.05 ± 0.02 bB	0 ± 0 bC	0 ± 0 bA	0 ± 0 bA	F_6,70 = 14.61; <0.001
Aluminum phosphide	0.35 ± 0.09 aAB	0.07 ± 0.04 bB	0.01 ± 0.01 bA	0 ± 0 bB	0 ± 0 bC	0 ± 0 bA	0 ± 0 bA	F_6,42 = 10.29; <0.001
Nematode (S. carpocapsae)	0.24 ± 0.04 aAB	0.11 ± 0.01 bB	0.03 ± 0.01 cA	0.03 ± 0.01 cB	0 ± 0 cC	0 ± 0 cA	0 ± 0 cA	F_6,70 = 21.51; <0.001
Statistical analysis (F_7,56; p)	F = 2.19; 0.052	F = 1.51; 0.1878	F = 0.54; 0.7982	F = 14.07; <0.0001	F = 14.70; <0.0001	F = 27.35; <0.0001	F = 1.56; 0.1700

Means that are followed by the same small letter in the same row or by the same capital letter in the same column are not significantly different at p < 0.05.