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. 2019 Apr 19;19(2):22. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iez029

Table 4.

Population increase of Callosobruchus maculatus in cowpea treated with of Hemizygia welwitschii leaf extracts and stored for 3 mo

Insects
Products Number of insects (means ± standard error)
Contents (g/kg) Dead insects Live insects Total insects
Hexane extract Callosobruchus maculatus
0 244.00 ± 4.76c 207.50 ± 5.74d 451.50 ± 1.91d
2 205.00 ± 49.89c 19.00 ± 5.22c 224.50 ± 44.78c
4 114.00 ± 8.98b 9.75 ± 0.96b 123.75 ± 8.26b
6 74.25 ± 5.38ab 6.75 ± 1.26ab 81.00 ± 4.24b
10 30.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 30.00 ± 0.00a
F (4,15) 61.03*** 2,526.37*** 265.16***
Acetone extract
0 290.25 ± 65.27c 140.50 ± 12.50b 430.75 ± 64.39c
2 213.25 ± 76.42bc 13.25 ± 3.30a 223.50 ± 80.04b
4 121.75 ± 57.95ab 4.25 ± 3.77a 126.00 ± 56.12ab
6 109.25 ± 38.87ab 3.75 ± 2.63a 113.00 ± 41.00ab
10 66.50 ± 26.45a 2.00 ± 2.16a 68.50 ± 27.96a
F (4,15) 10.40*** 377. 79*** 25.93***
Methanol extract
0 197.50 ± 79.94a 98.50 ± 6.76c 296.00 ± 83.29a
2 175.75 ± 78.64a 52.00 ± 15.56b 227.75 ± 78.53a
4 131.00 ± 43.41a 22.00 ± 4.08a 153.00 ± 44.43a
6 83.00 ± 17.26a 17.75 ± 3.03a 100.75 ± 19.72a
10 167.25 ± 49.31a 14.25 ± 2.87a 181.50 ± 50.84a
F (4,15) 0.52ns 77.97*** 1.42ns

Means within the column and line followed respectively by the same small letter do not differ significantly at the 5% level according to Tukey’s test.

ns P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001.