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Table 5 Parasitic function of the different density E. bimaculata on Bemisia tabaci nymph (M ± SE)

From: Influences of varying host: parasitoid ratios on parasitism of whitefly by three different parasitoid species

Host density

Parasitoid density

Eggs laid

Parasitism (%)

a

Actual value

a

Theoretic value

60

1

0.60 ± 0.36c

0.75 ± 0.45c

0.0075

0.0089

60

2

0.80 ± 0.11bc

1.00 ± 0.14bc

0.0101

0.0120

60

3

1.33 ± 0.13abc

1.67 ± 0.17abc

0.0171

0.0143

60

4

1.60 ± 0.19ab

2.00 ± 0.24ab

0.0208

0.0162

60

5

2.08 ± 0.15a

2.60 ± 0.18a

0.0279

0.0179

60

6

1.70 ± 0.24a

2.13 ± 0.30a

0.0227

0.0193

60

7

1.60 ± 0.39ab

2.00 ± 0.49ab

0.0215

0.0206

60

8

0.83 ± 0.10bc

1.03 ± 0.13bc

0.0108

0.0219

  1. Means in column with the same letter are not significantly different at 0.05 levels (Tukey’s HSD test)
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