Treatments

Number of flowers/infested branch

Number of aphid infested flower/ infested branch

Flower infestation (%)

% decrease of flower infestation over sole crop

T1

4.73 c

3.42 cd

72.30 bc

24.82 b

T2

5.36 bc

2.10 e

39.17 d

59.27 a

T3

6.86 ab

4.23 abc

61.66 cd

35.88 b

T4

6.32 abc

4.15 b

65.66 c

31.73 b

T5

7.18 a

3.09 d

43.03 d

55.26 a

T6

5.77 abc

5.10 a

88.38 ab

8.10 c

T7

5.53 bc

5.03 ab

96.17 a

CV%

16.11%

10.48%

14.74%

16.39%

LSD0.05

1.70

0.93

22.49

15.17