Research Article
Incidence of a New Pest, the Cotton Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, on Sesame in North Ethiopia
Table 1
Means of cotton mealybug incidence for the different localities with 95% confidence limits.
| Location | | Incidence (%) | s.e. | CV | 95% confidence limits | Lower | Upper |
| Adebay | 12 | 20.7 | 2.66 | 12.8 | 15.5 | 25.9 | Banat | 12 | 11.3 | 1.45 | 12.85 | 8.43 | 14.2 | Bereket | 12 | 6.57 | 1.62 | 24.6 | 3.37 | 9.76 | Bowal | 12 | 88.1 | 5.84 | 6.62 | 76.6 | 99.7 | Centeral | 12 | 30.6 | 2.35 | 7.67 | 26.0 | 35.3 | Kafta Mesil | 12 | 85.6 | 4.92 | 5.75 | 75.9 | 95.3 | Kebabo | 12 | 6.46 | 0.41 | 6.27 | 5.66 | 7.26 | Lugdi | 12 | 14.8 | 1.56 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 17.9 | Maikadira | 12 | 44.6 | 5.52 | 12.4 | 33.7 | 55.5 | Maisegen | 12 | 52.2 | 4.77 | 9.15 | 42.8 | 61.6 | Niguara | 12 | 85.3 | 3.73 | 4.38 | 77.9 | 92.6 | Rawian | 12 | 16.6 | 1.94 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 20.5 | Redem | 12 | 16.7 | 1.79 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 20.2 | Sherif Gola | 12 | 76.4 | 3.86 | 5.05 | 68.8 | 84.1 | Sherif Hamad | 12 | 91.3 | 4.07 | 4.39 | 83.4 | 99.2 | Total | 180 | | | | | |
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