Integrated Potential of Microbial, Botanical, and Chemical Pesticides for the Control of Viral Disease Vector Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on Tomato under Greenhouse and Field Perspectives
Table 8
The effects of bioinsecticides on marketable, unmarketable, and total fruit yield (kg/plant) of tomato.
Treatment
Fruit number per plant
Fruit yield (kg plant−1)
Increased yield (%) over control
Total
Marketable
% marketable
Total
Marketable
% marketable
Control
39.16e
19.33f
49.36
2.73b
1.58c
57.88
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AAUMB-29
60.00cd
54.17d
90.28
3.37b
3.00bc
89.02
47.33
AAUDM-43
54.33d
47.50e
87.43
3.08b
2.60bc
84.42
39.23
Hunter 40 EC
80.50a
78.67a
97.73
6.45a
6.40a
99.22
75.31
AAUMB-29 + Hunter 40 EC
64.00bc
60.50c
94.53
6.01a
5.93a
98.67
73.35
AAUMB-29 + Neem oil
68.17b
63.33bc
92.90
3.54b
3.31b
93.50
52.26
AAUDM-43 + Hunter 40 EC
67.50b
65.17bc
96.55
4.19b
4.08b
97.37
61.27
AAUMB-29 + Hunter 40 EC + Neem oil
69.17b
68.50b
99.03
7.04a
7.00a
99.43
77.43
SE±
1.86
2.54
—
0.30
0.33
—
—
CV (%)
20.45
30.87
—
45.93
53.30
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SE, standard error; CV, coefficient variance. Treatment columns bearing different letters are significantly different from other treatments according to Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT) ().