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Table 1 Development time (mean ± SE) of Aphidius matricariae parasitizing Schizaphis graminum at various temperatures

From: Estimating some demographic parameters of Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), the parasitoid of the greenbug aphid, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), at different temperatures

Temperature (°C)

Mummy formation to adult emergence (day)

Oviposition to adult emergence (day)

♂ + ♀

♂ + ♀

20

4.90 ± 0.17b

4.80 ± 0.18b

4.90 ± 0.12b

8.80 ± 0.17b

8.90 ± 0.16b

8.90 ± 0.11b

25

4.90 ± 0.15b

4.90 ± 0.12b

4.90 ± 0.16b

8.70 ± 0.17b

8.90 ± 0.14b

8.80 ± 0.11b

30

5.40 ± 0.17a

6.20 ± 0.23a

5.80 ± 0.17a

10.25 ± 0.17a

10.75 ± 0.25a

10.50 ± 0.18a

  1. Means followed by different letter in the same column are significantly different (Tukey’s test, P < 0.05)