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Table 2 Parameter estimates of paired t-test applied to the ovicidal effect of insecticides against cotton pink bollworm as influenced by the age of eggs (< 8 h old and ~ 72 h old)

From: Laboratory evaluation of toxicity of selected insecticides against egg and larval stages of cotton pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Treatment No

Treatment details

Parameter estimates of paired t-test for egg hatching /%

df

t value

Significance (P)

T1

Profenophos 50% EC

10

40.90

< 0.000 01

T2

Lambda-cyhalothrin 5% EC

10

-0.64

0.55#

T3

Emamectin benzoate 5% SG

10

-13.48

0.000 04

T4

Ethion 50% EC

10

8.30

0.000 4

T5

Cypermethrin 25% EC

10

-3.02

0.03

T6

Neem seed kernel extract (NSKE) 0.15% EC

10

7.08

0.000 9

T7

Profenophos 40% + Cypermethrin 4% EC

10

0.88

0.42#

T8

Chlorpyrifos 50% + Cypermethrin 5% EC

10

3.16

0.025

T9

Ethion 40% + Cypermethrin 5% EC

10

-7.29

0.000 8

T10

Control (water spray)

10

0.04

0.97#

  1. #t-test is non-significant