Small Cages with Insect Couples Provide a Simple Method for a Preliminary Assessment of Mating Disruption

Table 1

ANCOVA table on the effect of date of exposure, number of exposed couples, and mating disruption control scheme on the mating status of E. ambiguella females.

Source of variance	df	Sum of Sq	𝐹 value	𝑃
Date of exposure	3	0.20	2.26	0.090
Number of exposed couples (=NEC)	1	0.87	29.37	<0.001
Pest control scheme (=PCS)	2	4.20	70.19	<0.001
NEC*PCS	2	0.31	5.17	0.008
Error	63	1.88