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Table 7 Hatching ratios of Trichogramma evanescens parasitizing eggs of Ephestia kuehniella fed on three different diets

From: Role of host diet on the fitness of the egg parasitoid species, Trichogramma evanescens Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Diets

n

Hatching ratios of parasitized eggs from F0 (%)

n

Hatching ratios of parasitized eggs from F1 (%)

Total hatching ratios of parasitized eggs (%)

1st day

2nd day

 

1st day

2nd day

F0

F1

CY

17

90.64 ± 1.19a

86.30 ± 3.14a

9

89.01 ± 2.52a

81.92 ± 2.96a

88.47 ± 1.82a

85.46 ± 1.74a

CBGY

12

91.14 ± 2.03a

84.29 ± 5.75a

12

84.75 ± 2.43a

79.51 ± 4.02a

87.68 ± 3.08a

82.13 ± 2.34a

WBGY

14

89.74 ± 2.56a

81.84 ± 4.58a

11

88.83 ± 3.36a

82.36 ± 3.47a

85.79 ± 2.48a

85.09 ± 2.61a

  1. Means (± SE) with same letter in the same column are not statistically significant according to Tukey’s HSD test (p < 0.05)