Table 3 Average numbers of mines and tunnel length per leave produced by larvae of L. trifolii in common bean sprayed with BSTC, YE and water during cultivating seasons 2019 & 2020.

From: Assessing the effects of a novel biostimulant to enhance leafminer resistance and plant growth on common bean

Items

AlHama

Moraleda

1st season

2nd season

1st season

2nd season

Mines/leave

Main mine length (cm)

Mines/leave

Main mine length (cm)

Mines/leave

Main mine length (cm)

Mines/leave

Main mine length (cm)

C1

8.0 ± 1.14a

2.2 ± 0.15a

8.0 ± 0.8a

2.02 ± 0.29a

8.0 ± 2.1a

2.16 ± 0.26a

8.0 ± 0.89a

2.28 ± 0.17a

C2

6.0 ± 0.89a

2.14 ± 0.3a

6.0 ± 0.7b

1.88 ± 0.16a

6.0 ± 0.84a

1.98 ± 0.12a

6.4 ± 0.67a

1.92 ± 0.08b

BSTC

2.0 ± 0.31b

0.9 ± 0.2b

3.0 ± 0.0c

0.8 ± 0.3b

4.0 ± 1.0a

1.04 ± 0.07b

4.6 ± 0.92b

1.06 ± 0.06c

T-Value

12.727

10.566

15.833

6.498

1.967

12.248

4.094

29.919

P-Value

0.001

0.002

0.000

0.012

0.182

0.001

0.044

0.000

  1. C1 water sprayed plants as negative control.
  2. C2 sprayed plants with yeast extract as positive control.
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