Role of Maize Weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. on Spread of Aspergillus section flavi in Different Nepalese Maize Varieties

Table 3

Damage of maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motsch on maize varieties infestation with fungus under no choice condition at NAST, Lalitpur, Nepal, 2016.

Varieties	Grain damage (Weight. basis) after 30 days of treatment (%)
	Weevil Released		Weevil Not- Released
Manakamana-3	4.23 ± 0.65 (2.16)		0.00 ± 0.00 (0.70)
Manakamana-1	2.94 ± 0.40 (1.85)		0.00 ± 0.00 (0.70)
Arun-4	1.32 ± 0.34 (1.34)		0.00 ± 0.00 (0.70)
Arun-2	1.08 ± 0.39 (1.24)		0.00 ± 0.00 (0.70)
Rampur composite	1.67 ± 0.58 (1.45)		0.00 ± 0.00 (0.70)
Grand Mean	2.24		0.00
CV (%)		15.9
LSD		0.42
P- value		≤0.01

CV: coefficient variation; LSD: least significance difference; figures in the columns followed with alphabetic superscripts are significant at p≤0.01 by Duncan’s multiple range test; figures in the parentheses are the square root transformation; value after ± is the standard error of mean.