Table 1.
Average number of Helicoverpa armigera larvae after application of spintoram, emamectin benzoate, NPV and their mixtures.
| Treatment | Number of larvae / 25 plants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After 1 day exposure | After 2 day exposure | After 3 day exposure | After 4 day exposure | After 5 day exposure | After 6 day exposure | After 7 day exposure | After 8 day exposure | |
| Control | 2.50 ± 1.04b | 2.75 ± 0.48ab | 5.00 ± 0.91a | 6.50 ± 0.64a | 8.50 ± 1.04a | 9.75 ± 0.48a | 9.75 ± 0.85a | 12.25 ± 0.48a |
| Spintoram | 3.25 ± 0.48b | 2.75 ± 0.25ab | 2.25 ± 0.25b | 1.00 ± 0.41bc | 0.50 ± 0.29bc | 0.50 ± 0.29b | 0.00 ± 0.00b | 0.00 ± 0.00c |
| Emamectin benzoate | 2.25 ± 0.25b | 3.00 ± 0.41a | 2.00 ± 0.41b | 2.00 ± 0.41b | 1.50 ± 0.29b | 0.75 ± 0.48b | 0.50 ± 0.29b | 1.50 ± 0.29b |
| NPV | 3.00 ± 0.41b | 1.75 ± 0.25b | 1.75 ± 0.63b | 1.25 ± 0.48bc | 0.75 ± 0.48bc | 0.50 ± 0.29b | 0.25 ± 0.25b | 0.50 ± 0.29c |
| Spintoram + NPV | 2.75 ± 0.25b | 2.00 ± 0.71ab | 1.75 ± 0.25b | 0.25 ± 0.25c | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00b | 0.00 ± 0.00b | 0.00 ± 0.00c |
| Emamectin benzoate + NPV | 5.50 ± 1.04a | 2.00 ± 0.41ab | 2.00 ± 0.41b | 1.00 ± 0.41bc | 0.50 ± 0.29bc | 0.50 ± 0.29b | 0.50 ± 0.29b | 0.00 ± 0.00c |
Values within columns followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at the P > 0.05.