Table 2.

Effect of sublethal dose ingestion of three insecticides by larvae upon subsequent size of eggs oviposited by adult females (32 bags per treatment).

Type of treatmentMean egg length in mm1
toxaphene1.264a
diazinon1.223a b
check1.184b
carbaryl1.119c
  • 1 Means not followed by a common letter are significantly different at the 5 percent level by Duncan’s multiple range test.