Table 5 Total and daily rate of deposited eggs of Neoseiulus cucumeris and N. barkeri fed eggs of Anagasta kuehniella, Spodoptera littoralis, and Sitotroga cerealella and incubated at 27 °C and 70% RH
Fecundity | Predatory mite | Prey species | LSD | F | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. kuehniella | S. littoralis | S. cerealella | |||||
Total deposited eggs | Neosiulus cucumeris | 25.06 ± 0.39 Aa | 15.57 ± 0.33 Ab | 13.37 ± 0.31 Ac | 0.96 | 300.19 | 0.000 |
N. barkeri | 23.26 ± 0.24 Ba | 16.40 ± 0.32 Ab | 10.35 ± 0.54 Bc | 1.03 | 270.53 | 0.000 | |
LSD | 0.94 | 0.93 | 1.24 | …. | …. | …. | |
F | 14.21 | 2.98 | 26.27 | ….. | ….. | …. | |
P | 0.000 | 0.095 | 0.000 | ….. | ….. | …. | |
Daily rate of eggs | Neosiulus cucumeris | 2.05 ± 0.05 Aa | 1.67 ± 0.11 Ab | 1.48 ± 0.04 Ab | 0.21 | 15.20 | 0.000 |
N. barkeri | 2.04 ± 0.04 Aa | 1.57 ± 0.08 Ab | 0.84 ± 0.17 Bc | 0.13 | 152.01 | 0.000 | |
LSD | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.135 | … | … | … | |
F | 0.027 | 0.74 | 90.95 | … | … | … | |
P | 0.869 | 0.396 | 0.000 | … | … | … | |