Effects of Mulch Type, Plant Cultivar, and Insecticide Use on Sweet Potato Whitefly Population in Chili Pepper
Table 6
Influence of cultivar and insecticide application frequency treatments on the average numbers of whitefly eggs, nymphs, and adults across mulches, 2019.
Cultivar
Insecticide
Mean numbers of whiteflies (±SEM)
Eggs per 1 cm2 leaf
Nymphs per 1 cm2 leaf
Adults per leaf
Bara
Twice/week
2.53 ± 0.35 a
1.27 ± 0.11 a
0.84 ± 0.04 a
Bara
Once/week
2.37 ± 0.61 a
1.28 ± 0.11 a
0.82 ± 0.84 a
Bara
Once/two weeks
3.25 ± 0.30 a
1.62 ± 0.18 a
0.85 ± 0.04 a
Bara
Control
10,10 ± 0.84 c
4.99 ± 0.48 bc
2.10 ± 0.17 c
Bhaskara
Twice/week
4,10 ± 0.40 b
4.52 ± 1.04 b
1.58 ± 0.22 b
Bhaskara
Once/week
6.71 ± 1.63 b
5.09 ± 0.88 b
1.76 ± 0.25 b
Bhaskara
Once/two weeks
13.11 ± 1.53 d
7.13 ± 1.22 c
1.85 ± 0.22 bc
Bhaskara
Control
18.99 ± 1.89 e
13.92 ± 2.24 d
3.78 ± 0.42 d
Means in a column followed by different letters are significantly different from each other (), according to Tukey’s post hoc test.
