Optimization of Motorized Backpack Mistblower for Efficient Application of Insecticides against the Bagworm, Metisa plana Walker
Syed Mazuan, Syed Mohamed, Insyirah Ishak, Dzolkhifli Omar and Norhayu Asib*
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor.
*Correspondence | Norhayu Asib, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor; Email:
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Figure 1:
Experimental design in RCBD for one block area (consisted of 432 palms).
Figure 2:
Standard curve of fluorescence concentration.
Note: Mean followed by similar letter in the same column are not significantly different after Tukey’s multiple test at 95% confidence level. Number in brackets are the percentage reduction of bagworm (%) on selected DAT.
Figure 3:
The mean number of bagworms over days of treatment.
Note: Economic Threshold Level (ETL) of 10 larvae/ frond (Wood,1971; Hoong and Hoh, 1992).