A comparative study between a commercial mixture compound and its individual active ingredients on the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on tomatoes under semi-field conditions

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 5 Effect of the tested compounds on total proteins, total carbohydrates, and total lipids activity in 4th instar larvae of S. littoralis after treatment with LC₅₀

Tested compounds	Total proteins (μg/g b.w.) (Mean ± S.E.)	Total carbohydrates (μg/g b.w.) (Mean ± S.E.)	Total lipids (μg/g b.w.) (Mean ± S.E.)
Heater (Lufenuron + Emamectin benzoate)	35.6 ± 0.33^c	47.3 ± 0.9^c	37 ± 0.6^c
Pasha (Emamectin benzoate)	41.6 ± 0.7^b	53 ± 1.5^b	40.33 ± 0.9^b
Cymax (Lufenuron)	42.3 ± 0.8^b	50.3 ± 0.3^b	39.3 ± 0.33^b
Control	45 ± 0.6^a	71 ± 0.6^a	48. 6 ± 0.33^a
Df	3	3	3
F value	46.555556	127.44792	77.555556
P	0.0000***	0.0000***	0.0000***

Means in the same column with the same letter(s) are not significantly different. (P < 0.05) (Tukey’s Multiple Range Test)
b.w., body weight
***Highly significant effect