Table 3 Correlation between pest management approaches and the incidence and damage severity of soil-borne pests.
From: Occurrence and management of two emerging soil-dwelling pests ravaging cabbage and onions in Kenya
Explanatory variables | Response variables | |
|---|---|---|
Pest incidence | Damage severity | |
Insecticides | − 0.25 | − 0.31* |
Crop rotation | − 0.24 | − 0.19 |
Rogueing | − 0.10 | − 0.16 |
Elimination of crop residues | 0.25 | − 0.03 |
Destruction of relative weeds | 0.09 | 0.03 |
Traditional and botanical pesticides | − 0.04 | − 0.08 |
No control | 0.41** | 0.36* |
