Table 3. Monthly mean numbers of larvae of Synanthedon myopaeformis per tree (and standard error) on Mondial Gala apple grafted on MM 106, M26 and M9 in Ash-Shoubak area from June 2003 to May 2005.
Number of Larvae/tree ± SE
Month/Year M9 M26 MM106
Jun. 2003 2.35 a (1.11) 0.19 b (0.166) 0.50 b (0.23)
Jul. 1.82 a (0.41) 2.40a (0.32) 1.73 a (0.31)
Aug. 4.15 b (0.51) 7.10 a (0.87) 4.15 b (0.61)
Sep. 8.21 a (0.91) 8.69 a (0.75) 6.38 a (0.86)
Oct. 6.55 ab (0.81) 7.23 a (0.72) 4.18 b (0.64)
Nov. 5.69 a (0.97) 6.06 a (0.77) 3.11 b (0.67)
Dec. 4.94 ab (0.97) 5.21a (0.66) 2.77 b (0.69)
Jan. 2004 2.55 ab (0.27) 2.67 a (0.55) 1.75 b (0.63)
Feb. 3.53 ab (0.79) 4.21 a (0.60) 1.90 b (0.60)
Mar. 3.30 ab (0.74) 3.71 a (0.61) 1.63 b (0.60)
Apr. 2.64 a (0.56) 3.22 a (0.51) 1.19 b (0.40)
May 0.77 a (0.18) 0.98 a (0.16) 0.63 a (0.20)
Jun. 2.55 ab (0.26) 2.67 a (0.19) 1.75 b (0.39)
Jul. 1.43 ab (0.26) 2.27 a (0.36) 1.11 b (0.30)
Aug. 0.89 a (0.18) 0.89 a (0.27) 0.65 a (0.27)
Sep. 1.18 ab (0.16) 1.54 a (0.22) 0.90 b (0.20)
Oct. 1.72 b (0.33) 2.85 a (0.53) 1.21 b (0.33)
Nov. 1.66 b (0.34) 2.83 a (0.53) 1.21 b (0.33)
Dec. 1.53 b (0.35) 2.71 a (0.56) 1.14 b (0.33)
Jan. 2005 1.23 b (0.31) 2.39 a (0.44) 0.94 b (0.27)
Feb. 1.13 ab (0.31) 2.03 a (0.47) 0.94 b (0.27)
Mar. 1.11 a (0.32) 1.93 a (0.41) 0.94 a (0.27)
Apr. 0.72 a (0.21) 1.27 a (0.27) 0.62 a (0.21)
May 0.36 ab (0.14) 0.60 a (0.08) 0.30 b (0.08)