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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Effect of gamma irradiation on mortality percentage of the greater wax moth F1 progeny descending from the irradiated parental males and females as full-grown pupae

From: Effect of gamma irradiation and/or certain entomopathogenic fungi on the larval Mortality of Galleria mellonella L

Doses (Gy)

The percentage larval mortality among F1 progeny

± SE

Descending from the irradiated parental males

Descending from the irradiated parental females

Control

08 ± 3.75 c

08 ± 3.75 c

70

22 ± 3.75 b

38 ± 3.75 b

100

26 ± 2.45 b

46 ± 4.01 b

125

32 ± 3.75 ab

62 ± 3.75 a

150

40 ± 3.17 a

–

LSD 0.05

10.04

11.41

  1. Means followed by the same letter in each column (small letters) represent those that are not significantly different at p >  0.05
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