Table 1 Field evaluation of the damage caused by T. cinnabarinus in two cassava genotypes from 2016 to 2018.

From: Analysis of leaf morphology, secondary metabolites and proteins related to the resistance to Tetranychus cinnabarinus in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

Parameter

2016

2017

2018

XX048

GR4

XX048

GR4

XX048

GR4

Mites damage index (%)

49.67 ± 8.58

70.09 ± 2.25

42.42 ± 7.69

86.40 ± 5.30

49.69 ± 7.96

90.90 ± 5.75

Resistance grade

MR

S

MR

S

MR

HS

Population density (mites/leaf)

10.9 ± 2.47

38.33 ± 5.38

10.65 ± 4.23

46.1 ± 3.89

15.33 ± 3.63

56.2 ± 6.28

  1. These numbers in the table are presented the mean ± standard deviation (SD) based on three biologically independent values. MR, S, and HS stand for “mite-resistant”, “mite-susceptible”, and “highly mite-susceptible”, respectively.
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