Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Survival of resistant and susceptible neonates of Pectinophora gossypiella on cotton bolls

From: Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) survival on transgenic cotton in India

Strains	BG II [mean ± SE(M)]		NBt [mean ± SE(M)]
Strains	Larval survival (%)	Locule damage (%)	Larval survival (%)	Locule damage (%)
Susceptible F₁₄₁	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	38 ± 3.74	80 ± 5.00
South India (F-H) Cry2Ab	24 ± 4.00	30 ± 5.00	24 ± 4.00	31.67 ± 4.86
Maharastra (F-H) Cry2Ab	32 ± 4.90	70 ± 12.25	36 ± 4.00	58.33 ± 5.27
Gujarat (F-L) Cry1Ac	28 ± 4.90	45 ± 5.00	24 ± 4.00	45 ± 5.00
Gujarat (B-H) Cry2Ab	36 ± 7.48	70 ± 5.00	32 ± 4.90	60 ± 6.12
Maharastra (F-L) Cry1Ac	24 ± 4.00	35 ± 6.12	28 ± 4.90	56.67 ± 8.90
Gujarat (B-L) Cry1Ac	20 ± 6.32	29 ± 5.34	32 ± 4.90	68.00 ± 10.56

F populations from rosette flowers; boll bioassays were performed to confirm the survival of resistant and susceptible populations on Bt and non-Bt cotton in open field. B populations from bolls; H survivals on high concentration, L survivals on low concentration, SE standard error

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