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Table 3 Lethal concentration of susceptible and field population of Spodoptera exigua to Cry1Ac toxin during 2016

From: Efficacy of Cry1Ac toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis against the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Larval instars

POP

LC50

Fiducial limit

Equation

χ 2

RR

P value (df = 5)

L1

SS

0.45 ± 0.14

0.12–1.00a

0.18 + 1.06

6.68

1

0.25

FSD

1.03 ± 0.41

0.61–1.98ab

0.16X + 0.56

8.61

2.28

0.12

MLT

1.59 ± 0.53

0.84–2.87abc

0.14X + 0.34

9.70

3.53

0.08

BWP

2.83 ± 0.75

1.53–4.90bcd

0.16X − 0.13

12.74

6.25

0.02

L2

SS

1.10 ± 0.10

0.60–2.77a

0.16X + 0.86

1.29

1

0.94

FSD

2.96 ± 0.72

1.73–4.73ab

0.14X + 0.38

5.11

2.68

0.40

MLT

4.43 ± 1.08

3.11–6.46bc

0.14X + 0.21

4.72

4.01

0.45

BWP

5.91 ± 1.40

3.87–8.49bcd

0.15X − 0.01

4.60

5.35

0.46

L3

SS

2.01 ± 0.95

1.00–4.02a

0.13 + 0.61

1.21

1

0.94

FSD

4.65 ± 1.02

2.02–8.11ab

0.14X + 0.39

5.49

2.31

0.36

MLT

6.24 ± 1.38

2.72–9.48abc

0.14X + 0.20

9.57

3.09

0.09

BWP

7.85 ± 3.28

4.45–10.76bcd

0.16X − 0.02

8.78

3.89

0.12