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Table 6 Parasitic function of the different density Er. sp. nr. furuhashii 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

1.40 ± 0.46d

1.75 ± 0.57d

0.0177

0.0392

60

2

5.50 ± 0.47b

6.88 ± 0.59b

0.0740

0.0502

60

3

7.13 ± 0.81a

8.92 ± 1.02a

0.1038

0.0580

60

4

7.75 ± 0.24a

9.69 ± 0.31a

0.1226

0.0643

60

5

7.36 ± 0.55a

9.20 ± 0.69a

0.1232

0.0696

60

6

3.60 ± 0.71c

4.50 ± 0.89c

0.0525

0.0743

60

7

3.34 ± 0.25c

4.18 ± 0.31c

0.0494

0.0785

60

8

3.10 ± 0.18c

3.88 ± 0.23c

0.0464

0.0823

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