Research Article

Laboratory Evaluation of Different Insecticides against Hibiscus Mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Table 3

Multiple comparisons among different insecticidal treatments against adult females of hibiscus mealybug in laboratory bioassay.

) treatments() treatmentsMean difference ()Std. errorSig.95% confidence interval
Lower boundUpper bound

12.78.242.002.301.26
3−1.28.242.000−1.76−.80
41.78.242.0001.302.26
55.11.242.0004.635.59
6−.33.242.171−.81.14
71.00.242.000.521.48
84.00.242.0003.524.48
92.72.242.0002.243.20
10−.11.242.647−.59.37

23−2.06.242.000−2.53−1.58
41.00.242.000.521.48
54.33.242.0003.864.81
6−1.11.242.000−1.59−.63
7.22.242.360−.26.70
83.22.242.0002.743.70
91.94.242.0001.472.42
10−.89.242.000−1.37−.41

343.06.242.0002.583.53
56.39.242.0005.916.87
6.94.242.000.471.42
72.28.242.0001.802.76
85.28.242.0004.805.76
94.00.242.0003.524.48
101.17.242.000.691.64

4
53.33.242.0002.863.81
6−2.11.242.000−2.59−1.63
7−.78.242.002−1.26−.30
82.22.242.0001.742.70
9.94.242.000.471.42
10−1.89.242.000−2.37−1.41

56−5.44.242.000−5.92−4.97
7−4.11.242.000−4.59−3.63
8−1.11.242.000−1.59−.63
9−2.39.242.000−2.87−1.91
10−5.22.242.000−5.70−4.74

671.33.242.000.861.81
84.33.242.0003.864.81
93.06.242.0002.583.53
10.22.242.360−.26.70

783.00.242.0002.523.48
91.72.242.0001.242.20
10−1.11.242.000−1.59−.63

89−1.28.242.000−1.76−.80
10−4.11.242.000−4.59−3.63

910−2.83.242.000−3.31−2.36

The error term is mean square (error) = .528. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.