Role of Maize Weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. on Spread of Aspergillus section flavi in Different Nepalese Maize Varieties
Table 1
Infestation on different maize varieties by artificial inoculation of A. section flavi in vitro recorded from August to September, 2016.
Maize varieties
A. flavus infestation (%)
Grand Mean
Days after inoculation
10
12
17
19
24
26
31
33
days
days
days
days
days
days
days
days
Manakamana-3
75.00
98.33
76.67
96.67
73.33
100.0
85.00
96.67
87.70
± 7.63
±1.67
± 4.94
± 3.33
± 4.21
± 0.00
± 2.23
± 2.10
(1.09)
(1.50)
(1.07)
(1.48)
(1.04)
(1.55)
(1.17)
(1.45)
Manakamana-1
71.67
98.33
73.33
95.00
73.33
98.33
80.00
95.00
85.62
± 6.01
± 1.67
± 4.94
± 3.41
± 3.33
± 1.66
± 3.64
± 2.23
(1.02)
(1.50)
(1.03)
(1.42)
(1.03)
(1.50)
(1.11)
(1.40)
Arun-4
60.00
88.33
68.33
88.33
66.67
98.33
75.00
81.67
78.33
± 7.74
± 4.77
± 5.42
± 4.77
± 6.66
± 1.66
± 3.41
± 4.78
(0.89)
(1.28)
(0.98)
(1.28)
(0.96)
(1.50)
(1.05)
(1.16)
Arun-2
58.33
93.33
58.33
85.00
61.67
95.00
80.00
90.00
77.70
± 8.72
± 3.33
± 7.03
± 5.62
± 6.01
± 2.23
± 3.64
± 5.16
(0.87)
(1.37)
(0.87)
(1.24)
(0.91)
(1.40)
(1.11)
(1.33)
Rampur composite
3.33
23.33
3.33
21.67
5.00
18.33
20.00
25.00
14.99
± 3.33
± 4.21
± 2.10
± 3.07
± 3.41
± 5.42
± 5.77
± 6.70
(0.09)
(0.49)
(0.11)
(0.47)
(0.14)
(0.39)
(0.42)
(0.48)
Grand Mean
53.67
80.33
55.99
77.34
56.00
81.99
68.00
77.67
CV (%)
14.5
11.5
17.6
13.2
18.3
13.1
12.5
11.6
LSD
0.33
0.41
0.41
0.45
0.43
0.47
0.34
0.39
P- value
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
CV: coefficient variation; LSD: least significance difference; small alphabetic superscripts are significant by Duncan’s multiple range test (p≤0.001); numbers in the parenthesis are the arcsine square root transformation; value after ± is the standard error of mean.
