Table 1. Effect of systemic insecticides on birch leafminers
Means1
Treatment% Damaged leavesNumber of reared adults/100g fresh leavesN2
1.5% NSE14.0b11b5
3.0% NSE7.8c3b6
Injecticide-Bidrin1.6d4b5
Injecticide-Meta-Systox-R16.7b25b6
Soil-Injected Meta-Systo×R3.8cd2b5
Water40.8a160a6
  • 1. Means within column followed by the same letter do not differ significantly (P=0.05; Duncan’s (4) multiple range test).

  • 2. N equals the number of trees treated and sampled, five branches per tree.