Table 1 The mean percent infestation of FAW, S. frugiperda before and after application of different chemicals in IPM adopted villages during 2019–20.

From: Evaluation of farmers friendly IPM modules for the management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) in maize in the hot semiarid region of India

Village

Azadirachtin

Emamectin benzoate

Metarhizium anisopliae

Before

After

T statistics

Before

After

T statistics

Before

After

T statistics

IPM1

34.45

19.27

5.59**

28.67

10.26

14.37**

36.2

15.7

14.07**

IPM2

28.9

11.26

6.56**

22.84

7.68

20.28**

34.8

18.6

9.47**

IPM3

41.28

22.18

5.09**

32.88

12.98

16.38**

35.9

16.8

12.10**

IPM4

33.89

18.22

3.78**

28.61

11.12

16.81**

34.6

18.7

8.26**

IPM5

31.78

18.19

4.15**

27.89

9.18

21.65**

35.1

19.6

8.18**

IPM6

38.9

19.26

4.23**

30.21

12.16

16.00**

36.4

22.7

7.03**

Mean

34.87

18.06

7.06**

28.52

10.56

11.64**

35.50

18.68

16.19**

  1. **Samples are significantly different at both 5% and 1% level of significance.