Role of Maize Weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. on Spread of Aspergillus section flavi in Different Nepalese Maize Varieties
Table 2
Effect of weevil on spread of Aspergillus section flavi. on maize seeds from August to September, 2016.
A. section flavus infestation (%)
Weevil
Days after inoculation
Grand Mean
10 days
12 days
17 days
19 days
24 days
26 days
31 days
33 days
Released
65.33
84.67
64.67
84.00
63.33
84.67
74.00
84.00
75.58
± 8.32
± 7.85
± 8.44
± 7.73
± 7.84
± 8.21
± 6.15
± 6.74
(0.93)
(1.33)
(0.91)
(1.31)
(0.89)
(1.32)
(1.05)
(1.31)
Not- released
42.00
76.00
47.33
70.67
48.67
80.00
62.00
70.67
62.16
± 6.48
± 7.85
± 6.43
± 7.71
± 6.60
± 9.10
± 7.18
± 8.07
(0.65)
(1.13)
(0.72)
(1.05)
(0.74)
(1.22)
(0.89)
(1.02)
Grand Mean
53.67
80.33
56.00
77.34
56.00
82.34
68.00
77.34
CV (%)
18.4
8.9
10.4
12.1
15
7.4
9.4
12.9
LSD
0.24
0.17
0.14
0.23
0.13
0.07
0.14
0.24
P- value
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.001
≤0.01
≤0.05
≤0.001
≤0.001
CV: coefficient variation; LSD: least significance difference; alphabetic superscripts are significant at p≤0.001, p≤ 0.01 and p≤ 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test; numbers in the parentheses are the arcsine square root transformation; value after ± is the standard error of mean.
