Table 3 Densities of insect pests and sesame seed yield at different weed management treatments.

From: Suppression of weed and insect populations by living and straw mulches in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

Weed management treatments

Densities of insect pests

Sesame seed yield (kg ha−1)

Myzus persicae (no. twig−1)

Brevicoryne brassicae (no. twig−1)

Helicoverpa armigera (no. plant−1)

Spodoptera exigua (no. plant−1)

Weed-free a

239.1 ± 12.3 a

385.0 ± 16.4 a

19.3 ± 1.1 a

28.9 ± 1.8 a

1670.0 ± 81 a

Trifluralin

149.2 ± 6.3 d

174.8 ± 7.1 e

9.3 ± 0.7 d

11.3 ± 1.5 d

1247.4 ± 75 c

WSM

204.4 ± 8.4 b

307.7 ± 18.3 b

15.9 ± 1.2 b

22.1 ± 2.1 c

1210.5 ± 52 c

FLM

166.3 ± 5.7 c

242. 9 ± 10.5 c

9.7 ± 0.8 d

12.4 ± 1.2 d

927.3 ± 66 d

VLM

175.2 ± 6.1 c

219.6 ± 5.1 d

10.1 ± 0.5 d

13.1 ± 1.6 d

887.2 ± 49 d

CLM

109.4 ± 7.1 e

145.2 ± 8.7 f

5.4 ± 1.4 e

6.2 ± 1.1 f

1155.4 ± 45 c

OHW

175.7 ± 7.2 c

215.7 ± 6.2 d

12.6 ± 0.6 c

17.5 ± 1.4 b

1456.0 ± 56 b

Weed-infested

137.9 ± 9.5 d

171.2 ± 11.3 e

12.8 ± 0.8 c

9.2 ± 0.2 e

536.8 ± 71 e

  1. The presented data are means for 2 years (2020 and 2021). Values given after means are standard errors (± SE). Means within each column with similar letters are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 by LSD test.
  2. aThe abbreviations of the weed management treatments were presented in Table 13.
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