Table 2.

Efficacy of preventive spray formulations in protecting one-seed juniper bolts from attack by Phloeosinus scopulorum neomexicanus bark beetles.

InsecticidePercent active ingredientNo. One-Seed Juniper BoltsP value for rejectingz binomial test po that proportion of successes was ≥ to:
TestedFailuresySuccessesPercent success0.900.800.70
Control2415  9  37.5%<0.001<0.001<0.001
Bifenthrin0.03%22  022100.0%  0.887
Bifenthrin0.06%22  121  95.5%  0.691
Permethrin0.19%22  022100.0%  0.887
Carbaryl1.00%23  716  69.6%  0.002  0.161
  • zRejection is more accurately described as “failing to accept the null hypothesis, H0.”

  • yTreatment failure defined as presence of P. scopulorum neomexicanus galleries in an individual bolt.