Skip to main content

Table 6 Effect of tested compounds on the differential hemocytes counts (%) in the late sixth instar larvae of S. littoralis treated as fourth instar larvae

From: Hematological and histopathological impacts of nano-emamectin benzoate against the larvae of the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under laboratory conditions

Tested compounds

% Differential hemocytes counts

Prohemocytes

Plasmohemocytes

Granulocytes

Spherocytes

Oenocytoids

Jasper® (EMB)

10.3 ± 1.8b

38.0 ± 1.7c

36.6 ± 4.5a

10.3 ± 0.3a

4.6 ± 1.8b

AgNP

9.3 ± 0.9bc

41.3 ± 4.7b

32.6 ± 5.5b

10.6 ± 3.5a

6.0 ± 2.6a

EMB + AgNP

8.6 ± 0.3c

51.3 ± 6.0a

27.3 ± 4.1d

8.6 ± 1.2b

3.6 ± 1.2b

Control

12.6 ± 0.9a

39.0 ± 3.3c

30.6 ± 1.2c

10.3 ± 1.9a

7.3 ± 1.4a

Df

3

3

3

3

3

F value

8.75

106.75

42.75

4.75

10

P value

0.0066**

0.0000***

0.0000***

0.0347*

0.0044**

  1. Means followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different at the 5% level of probability (Duncan’s Multiple Range Test) [14]