Table 4 Percentage of damaged cotton plants in various neonicotinoid-treated field plots.

From: Nitenpyram seed treatment effectively controls against the mirid bug Apolygus lucorum in cotton seedlings

Treatment

Year

2013

2014

2015

Imidacloprid

3.08 ± 0.96ab

3.83 ± 0.82ab

2.05 ± 0.94a

Thiamethoxam

2.92 ± 0.90 ab

3.50 ± 1.07 ab

1.90 ± 0.93a

Clothianidin

3.33 ± 1.02 ab

3.92 ± 0.96 ab

2.17 ± 1.00a

Nitenpyram

2.46 ± 1.12b

3.42 ± 0.79 ab

1.92 ± 0.82a

Dinotefuran

2.88 ± 1.16 ab

3.50 ± 0.92 ab

1.96 ± 0.83a

Acetamiprid

3.42 ± 1.36 ab

3.83 ± 0.97 ab

2.27 ± 1.03a

Sulfoxaflor

3.46 ± 1.04 ab

4.00 ± 0.67 ab

2.30 ± 1.04a

Thiacloprid

3.42 ± 1.31 ab

3.83 ± 0.74 ab

2.25 ± 0.90a

Spray treatment

2.33 ± 0.77 b

2.83 ± 0.58b

1.34 ± 0.49a

Untreated control

4.54 ± 0.60a

5.04 ± 0.43a

3.21 ± 1.11a

Df

9, 59

9, 59

9, 59

F

1.868

2.607

0.799

P

0.079

0.015

0.619

  1. Values within columns represent the mean percentage of damaged cotton plants per sampling date in each plot.
  2. Different letters indicate significant differences among the different treatments (Tukey’s HSD test, P < 0.05).
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