Research Article
Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Pesticidal Plants for Bioactivity against Rape and Tomato Pests in Malawi
Table 6
Aphids and diamondback moth counts in rape at Jenda and Nchenachena.
| Treatments | Jenda aphids | DBM | Nchenachena aphids | DBM |
| T. diversifolia | 57.3b | 4.67b | 7.75 | 1.0 | A. indica | 51.7b | 3.67b | 9.0 | 1.0 | T. vogelii | 40.3bc | 3.33b | 9.0 | 1.0 | S. panduriforme | 44.0bc | 4.33b | 6.5 | 0.75 | V. amygdalina | 53.7b | 4.33b | 7.25 | 0.75 | Phoskil | 10.3c | 5.0ab | 2.5 | 1.0 | Unsprayed | 103.7a | 6.67a | 9.25 | 1.0 |
| Mean | 51.6 | 4.57 | 7.35 | 0.929 | Sed | 17.84 | 0.88 | 2.48 | 0.1942 | CV (%) | 42.4 | 23.6 | 48.0 | 29.6 | Sig. | ∗∗ | ∗ | ns | ns |
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Means within the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different ( ). |