Table 1 Effect of cultivar (Cul), foliar spray silicon nano-chelate (N-Si), on the number of eggs, nymphs and adult mites of two-spotted spider mites after 4 and 8 times of foliar spraying of two cut Rose flowers (cv. ‘Jumilia’ and ‘Samurai’).

Cultivar

Cul1

87.4 ± 64^a

7.55 ± 10.5^b

6.66 ± 5.47 ^a

1.94 ± 1.18^a

0.500 ± 0.540^b

0.796 ± 0.761^b

Cul2

82.2 ± 50.7^a

11.7 ± 10.4^a

8.22 ± 2.09^a

1.48 ± 0.818^b

0.740 ± 0.872^a

1.24 ± 1.06^a

Foliar spray status

Non-AP N-Si

128 ± 49.6^a

16.1 ± 11.7^a

8 ± 4.94^a

2.38 ± 1.10^a

1.22 ± 0.571^a

1.61 ± 0.919^a

AP N-Si

41.6 ± 20.1^b

3.14 ± 2.37^b

6.88 ± 3.24^a

1.03 ± 0190^b

0.018 ± 0.136^b

0.425 ± 0.499^b

Significance

Cultivar (Cul)

ns

**

*

**

**

**

Silicon nano-chelate (N-Si)

**

**

ns

**

**

**

Cul × N-Si

ns

**

ns

**

**

ns

CV%

24.8

28.6

25.6

24.5

26.4

29.8