Table 3: Mean number of M. persicae per plot in 2012 before and 3, 7, 12 or 13 days after treatment (DAT).
| Treatment |
Pre-treatment |
I Spray 3DAT |
I Spray 7DAT |
I Spray 13DAT |
II Spray 3DAT |
II Spray 7DAT |
II Spray 12DAT |
| Untreated |
9.75±2.86 |
6.75±4.09 |
9.75±2.52 |
6.50±3.47 |
13.25±2.01a* |
7.50±3.30 |
9.50±4.21a |
| Acetamiprid |
3.75±2.25 |
6.75±2.78 |
4.50±2.59 |
1.75±1.03 |
0.75±0.47b |
6.50±3.84 |
6.25±3.11ab |
| B. bassiana |
11.00±6.39 |
9.25±2.92 |
10.25±3.37 |
5.50±2.25 |
5.00±1.77ab |
8.50±4.64 |
1.00±0.40ab |
| Tolfenpyrad |
7.50±4.17 |
6.00±2.79 |
4.25±3.27 |
8.00±2.08 |
4.50±3.06ab |
3.50±2.17 |
2.75±1.25ab |
| Pyrifluquinazon |
3.00±2.04 |
0.50±0.50 |
6.25±3.56 |
6.50±4.01 |
3.25±2.92b |
2.00±1.22 |
0.75±0.47ab |
| NNI-1171 |
5.75±2.42 |
1.50±1.50 |
2.00±2.00 |
4.25±2.65 |
2.25±1.31b |
8.75±8.09 |
0.50±0.50ab |
| Sulfoxaflor 1.5 |
2.75±1.25 |
3.25±1.43 |
0.75±0.47 |
4.25±3.59 |
0.50±0.50b |
0 |
0b |
| Sulfoxaflor 2.0 |
9.00±6.12 |
0.75±0.47 |
2.75±2.42 |
2.25±2.25 |
3.50±3.17b |
3.00±2.67 |
2.50±0.86ab |
| P value |
0.694 |
0.095 |
0.075 |
0.771 |
0.005 |
0.703 |
0.023 |
*Means followed by the same or no letter within each column are not significantly different using Tukey’s HSD.