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.

LocationIncidence (%)s.e.CV95% confidence limits
LowerUpper

Adebay1220.72.6612.815.525.9
Banat1211.31.4512.858.4314.2
Bereket126.571.6224.63.379.76
Bowal1288.15.846.6276.699.7
Centeral1230.62.357.6726.035.3
Kafta Mesil1285.64.925.7575.995.3
Kebabo126.460.416.275.667.26
Lugdi1214.81.5610.611.717.9
Maikadira1244.65.5212.433.755.5
Maisegen1252.24.779.1542.861.6
Niguara1285.33.734.3877.992.6
Rawian1216.61.9411.712.820.5
Redem1216.71.7910.713.120.2
Sherif Gola1276.43.865.0568.884.1
Sherif Hamad1291.34.074.3983.499.2
Total180