Table 2 Mean number of emerged adults and reduction percentage of A. verbasci irradiated as pupae.
Dose (Gy) | Mean number of emerged adults after | Total | % Reduction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st week | 2nd week | 3rd week | |||
0 | 7.0 ± a | 3.0 ± ab | 0.0 ± 0.0a | 10.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0a |
200 | 2.3 ± b | 4.0 ± a | 0.0 ± 0.0a | 6.3 ± 1.4 | 39.7a |
400 | 0.3 ± c | 2.3 ± b | 1.7 ± b | 4.3 ± 0.8 | 56.7b |
600 | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 2.7 ± c | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 73.3c |
800 | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 0.7 ± a | 0.7 ± 1.6 | 93.3d |
1000 | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 0.0 ± 0.0a | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 100.0e |
F value | 84.2 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 190.2 | |
L.S.D. 5% | 9.4 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 8.4 | |