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Table 3 Interaction effect of sowing time and insecticide application frequency on A. catalaunalis infestations

From: Sesame sowing date and insecticide application frequency to control sesame webworm Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel) in Humera, Northern Ethiopia

Treatments

INC (%)

FD (%)

CD (%)

SL (%)

GY (kg/ha)

Early sowing

 FO

95.88hi

32.11cd

31.61b-e

76.59de

217.4c

 F1

81.94ghi

29.7cd

22.59b

69.18cde

310de

 F2

20.1ab

10.89ab

10.56a

34.5ab

539.6h

 F3

24.12ab

24.07bcd

12.44a

38.09bc

534.5h

 F4

23.06ab

10.59ab

11.76a

39.6bc

581h

 F10

8.79a

5.59a

4.85a

7.49a

651i

Mid-sowing

 FO

99.27i

36.59de

38.12cde

91.46e

154.9b

 F1

78.67ghi

33.29cd

38.99de

33.86ab

260cd

 F2

36.31bcd

25.97cd

29.58bcd

58.93bcd

391.1fg

 F3

27.49abc

25.43cd

27.16b

41.48bc

368.6efg

 F4

30.99abc

20.38bc

32.01b-e

41.81bc

422.9g

 F10

19.5ab

19.61bc

31.74b-e

32.01ab

536.6h

Late sowing

 FO

100i

50.6f

49.48f

93.86e

69.1a

 F1

91.59ghi

48.25ef

40.87ef

75.86de

148.6b

 F2

73.56fgh

27.72cd

30.01bcd

63.64b-e

366.9efg

 F3

54.61def

37.2de

38.27de

57.06bcd

385.4fg

 F4

70.27efg

22.8bcd

32.69b-e

40.49bc

330.7ef

 F10

50cde

31.26cd

27.63bc

50.54bcd

405.9g

SE (±)

12.993

7.523

5.507

16.471

34.569

CV (%)

23.7

27.5

19.4

31.3

9.3

  1. Means followed by same letter are significantly not different, INC = percent of A. catalaunalis incidence per plant, FD = percent of flower damage per plant, CD = percent of capsule damage per plant, SL = % off seed loss per damaged capsule, GY = grain yield