Treatments

Liters of potassium silicate/ha

Number of alive mites per coffee leaf*

At 3 days after the application

At 7 days after the application

At 21 days after the

application

1. Control

19.60 ± 09.26 a

44.60 ± 13.01 a

50.00 ± 00.00 a

2. 2 liters

10.80 ± 10.98 ab

08.80 ± 14.17 b

06.80 ± 01.09 b

3. 4 liters

04.60 ± 10.28 b

09.00 ± 13.47 b

02.00 ± 00.00 cd

4. 6 liters

00.40 ± 00.89 b

07.00 ± 06.70 b

00.20 ± 00.45 d

5. 8 liters

02.20 ± 04.92 b

03.80 ± 06.94 b

03.40 ± 02.07 cd

6. 10 liters

00.00 ± 00.00 b

02.80 ± 01.79 b

00.00 ± 00.00 d