Research Article

Integrated Management of Haricot Bean Foliage Beetle in Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Effect of the combination of planting date and seed dressing on number of damaged symptoms and dead plants of haricot bean in 2012 and 2013 main cropping season.

Planting dateSeed dressingNPDSNDPL

Normal plantingApron star43.7 ± 7.0737.8 ± 4.83
No Apron star112 ± 10.9265 ± 16.07
Late plantingApron star27.4 ± 3.908 ± 2.91
No Apron star36.9 ± 1.5815.7 ± 3.39

CV (%)8.5377.15
LSD (5%)5.5948.19

Percentage (mean of three replications); NPDS, number of plants showing disease symptom; NDPL, number of dead plants; 10 days after normal planting; means followed by the same letter (s) within a column are not significantly different (P=0.05).