Research Article

Efficacy of Neem Oil on Cardamom Thrips, Sciothrips cardamomi Ramk., and Organoleptic Studies

Table 3

Organoleptic evaluation of TNAU NO sprayed cardamom capsules (mean of ten scores).

TreatmentsMean scores
ColourTasteAromaOverall acceptability

T1—TNAU NO (A) 3%8.78.68.58.5
T2—TNAU NO (C) 3%8.68.68.38.6
T3—control (water spray)8.98.78.88.9
SED0.2000.2260.2060.207
CD (0.05)0.4100.4640.422*0.425

Significant at 95 percent level.
SED: standard error of a difference between 2 means; CD: critical difference.