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Table 4 Field Performance of two inorganic salts against land snail, Massylaea vermiculata, comparing with methomyl compound after 21 days of treatment

From: Anti-fertility effect of three inorganic salts against land snail, Massylaea vermiculata, (O.F. Müller1774) and their field efficiency

Tested compound

Concentration

No. of snails before treatment

No. of live snails after treatment

Population reduction%

Total

Mean ± SD

Total

Mean ± SD

Control

247

24.7 ± 9.3b

192

19.2 ± 7.3b

Sodium carbonate

80 g/L

338

33.8 ± 11.1a

40

4.4 ± 1.6c

84.6

Sodium nitrite

150 g/L

394

39.4 ± 11.3a

59

5.9 ± 3.3c

80.8

Methomyl

20 mL/L

234

23.4 ± 2.2b

48

4.8 ± 5.0c

73.7

LSD

    

7.36

 
  1. aSignificant, bnon significant at p < 0.05