Table 4.
Average female mortality (%) (± SD) and number of adults developed (±SD) in bioassay 3 after treatment of apple-nutrition-medium with different insecticides or with water as control
| Set-up A (treatment before egg-deposition) |
Set-up B (treatment after egg-deposition) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Avg. female mortality (%) (± SD) | Avg. no. of adults (± SD) | Avg. no. of adults (± SD) |
| Control | 0.0 ± 0.0a | 61.5 ± 13.7a | 53.2 ± 15.8a |
| SpinTor | 81.0 ± 18.9b | 0.0 ± 0.0e | 0.0 ± 0.0b |
| NeemAzal-T/S | 1.0 ± 4.5a | 36.5 ± 14.2b | 35.0 ± 16.1c |
| Spruzit | 7.0 ± 9.8a | 20.9 ± 12.0c | 52.4 ± 16.1a |
| Piretro Verde | 72.0 ± 23.8b | 0.0 ± 0.0e | 10.5 ± 11.4d |
| Mospilan SG | 6.0 ± 11.4a | 7.2 ± 4.3d | 13.6 ± 5.8d |
Two different set-ups were assessed, where water-agar was treated with insecticides before (A) or after (B) egg deposition. Data of two independent replicates of the experiment are presented (20 replicates per treatment in total). Different letters within the same column indicate significant differences between means (P < 0.05).