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. 2022 Mar 2;12(12):7237–7252. doi: 10.1039/d1ra09440h

Effect of different concentrations of test pesticides on fruit attributes of S. lycopersicum (L.) plantsa.

Pesticides Concentrations used (μg mL−1) Flowers number/plant Number of fruits/branch Number of fruits/plant Fruit size (cm) Fruit fresh mass (g) Fruit dry biomass (g) Fruit ripening (unit per plant) Moisture content (%) Mean
Control 0 20.0a 3.0a 7.0a 3.74a 19.4a 2.10a 1.10a 94.2a 18.7a
Diazinon 25 18.0b 2.0b 6.0b 3.10a 18.0a 1.80b 1.00a 94.0a 17.9a
50 16.0c 2.0b 6.0b 2.65b 16.3b 1.40c 0.66b 92.2b 17.1a
75 14.0d 1.5b 5.0c 2.20b 15.3c 1.34d 0.66b 92.0b 16.5b
100 12.0d 1.4b 4.0d 1.89c 14.0c 1.10e 0.44c 92.0b 15.8b
150 10.0e 1.0d 3.0e 1.78c 12.0e 0.87f 0.33d 92.0b 15.1c
200 7.00f 1.0d 2.0f 1.20d 9.2 0.52g 0.22e 00 2.6e
Mean 12.8 1.4 4.3 2.10 14.1 1.1 0.5 77.0 14.1
Imidacloprid 25 19.0b 3.0a 6.0b 3.45a 18.4a 2.20a 1.00a 94.2b 18.4a
50 18.0b 3.0a 5.0c 3.12a 17.0b 2.00a 0.66b 94.2b 17.8a
75 16.0c 3.0a 5.0c 2.54b 15.4c 1.97b 0.66b 93.7b 17.2a
100 15.0c 2.0b 5.0c 2.10c 13.5d 1.56c 0.55b 93.7b 16.6b
150 13.0d 2.0b 4.0d 2.00c 11.0e 1.32d 0.44c 92.2c 15.7b
200 11.0e 2.0v 3.0e 1.40d 10.2f 1.10e 0.33d 92.0c 15.1c
Mean 15.3 2.5 4.6 2.40 14.2 1.69 0.6 93.3 16.8
Mancozeb 25 18.0b 2.5a 5.0c 2.40b 17.4b 2.00a 1.0a 92.0c 17.5a
50 16.0c 2.0b 4.5c 2.10c 15.7c 1.77b 0.66b 92.0c 16.8b
75 14.0d 1.5b 4.0d 2.00c 13.2d 1.54c 0.55b 91.7d 16.0c
100 11.0e 1.2c 3.5d 1.40d 11.4e 1.23d 0.44c 91.0d 15.1c
150 7.00f 1.0d 2.5e 1.20d 9.30f 0.78f 0.33d 91.0d 14.1d
200 2.00g 1.0d 2.0f 1.10e 5.30g 0.43h 00 00 1.4f
Mean 11.3 1.5 3.5 1.70 12.05 1.2 0.49 76.2 13.4
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Values are mean of three independent replicates.