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Table 3 Lethal and sublethal times of various Cry proteins after treatment of third instar larvae of Tribolium castaneum at the highest concentration (2 g/10 g)

From: Efficiency of Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their Cry proteins against the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Bt strains/Cry proteins

Lethal time (day) ± 95% F.La

Slope ± SD

Chi Square (χ2)

p value

R.

LT30

LT50

LT99

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Cry3Aa

0.68

0.44–0.90

1.50

1.19–1.78

22.71

14.77–44.42

1.97 ± 0.22

5.68

0.12

0.971

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Cry37Aa

0.77

0.49–1.04

1.93

1.55–2.29

44.76

25.15–115.31

1.70 0.21

4.14

0.24

0.971

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Cry22Aa

0.79

0.45–1.10

2.29

1.82–2.77

89.54

41.13–354.89

1.46 0.21

2.28

0.51

0.978

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8Cry51Aa

1.22

0.83–1.56

3.23

2.71–3.89

92.15

44.37–319.17

1.59 0.21

0.38

0.94

0.996

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Cry3Ba

1.66

1.24–2.04

4.22

3.55–5.23

104.01

49.77–360.90

1.67 0.22

0.18

0.98

0.998

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