Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 4 Effect of planting dates—A (early, normal and late) and treatments—B (control, intercropping, Piper emulsion and insecticide) on number of sprouted cabbage plants (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	6.2 ± 1.7c	5.0 ± 1.1b	0.7 ± 0.9a
Intercropping	0.5 ± 0.5b	1.0 ± 0.0a	0.2 ± 0.5a
Piper emulsion	1.2 ± 0.9b	1.0 ± 0.5a	0.0 ± 0.0a
Insecticide	1.0 ± 0.9b	0.5 ± 0.5a	0.0 ± 0.0a

B
Planting dates	Treatments
Planting dates	Control	Intercropping	Piper emulsion	Insecticide
Early	6.2 ± 1.7c	0.5 ± 0.5b	1.2 ± 0.9b	1.0 ± 0.9b
Normal	5.0 ± 1.1b	1.0 ± 0.0a	1.0 ± 0.5a	0.5 ± 0.5a
Late	0.7 ± 0.9a	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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