Research Article
Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Pesticidal Plants for Bioactivity against Rape and Tomato Pests in Malawi
Table 4
Yield components of tomatoes at Jenda (Malawi) during the first season.
| Treatments | Total yield (kg ha−1) | Marketable fruits (kg ha−1) | Damaged fruits (%) |
| T. diversifolia | 36,289 | 30,883b | 19.8bc | A. indica | 28,617 | 23,469d | 27.2ab | T. vogelii | 20,414 | 16,477f | 28.0ab | S. panduriforme | 24,414 | 20,055e | 26.8b | V. adoensis | 32,742 | 26,352c | 15.2bc | Phoskil | 38,320 | 36,406a | 5.5c | Unsprayed | 21,590 | 15,176g | 46.8a |
| Mean | 28,912 | 24,117 | 24.2 | Sed | 6,668.7 | 5,793.2 | 9.5 | CV (%) | 32.6 | 34.0 | 55.6 | Sig. | ns | ∗ | ∗ |
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Means within the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different ( ). |