Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Effect of planting dates—A (early, normal and late) and treatments—B (control, intercropping, Piper emulsion and insecticide) on number of webworm larvae (Mean ± SD)

From: Effects of climate variability on insect pests of cabbage: adapting alternative planting dates and cropping pattern as control measures

A
Treatments	Planting dates
Treatments	Early	Normal^a	Late
Control	12.5 ± 3.1a	5.5 ± 3.1b	1.5 ± 1.7b
Intercropping	4.5 ± 2.6a	4.2 ± 3.0a	0.2 ± 0.5a
Piper emulsion	1.5 ± 2.3a	1.2 ± 0.9a	0.0 ± 0.0a
Insecticide	1.0 ± 0.8a	0.5 ± 1.0a	0.0 ± 0.0a

B
Planting dates	Treatments
Planting dates	Control	Intercropping	Piper emulsion	Insecticide
Early	12.5 ± 3.1a	4.5 ± 2.6a	1.5 ± 2.3a	1.0 ± 0.8a
Normal^a	5.5 ± 3.1b	4.2 ± 3.0a	1.2 ± 0.9a	0.5 ± 1.0a
Late	1.5 ± 1.7b	0.2 ± 0.5a	0.0 ± 0.0a	0.0 ± 0.0a

Values within rows with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)
^aData taken from Tanyi et al. [35]

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