Table 5 Adult stage of the spiny bollworm fed as newly hatched larvae for 24 and 48 h on treated diet by Bacillus safensis NBRC 100820
Bacterial isolate | Adult emergence % | Sex ratio (%) | Pre-oviposition period (days) | Oviposition period (days) | Post Oviposition period (days) | Adult longevity | Mean No. of eggs//female | Hatchability % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | |||||||
Bacillus safensis | 88.00 | 47.00 ± 0.41 | 53.00 ± 0.41 | 2.50 ± 0.408 | 10.00 ± 0.456 | 4.00 ± 0.204 | 16.50 ± 0.204 | 15.50 ± 0.204 | 145.00 ± 4.082 | 83.00 |
Control | 97.00 | 49.00 ± 0.816 | 51.00 ± 0.816 | 2.00 ± 0.204 | 13.00 ± 0.612 | 3.00 ± 0.408 | 18.00 ± 0.612 | 16.00 ± 0.480 | 225.00 ± 2.041 | 96.00 |
Calculated T | 22.05 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 10.39 | 3.46 | 17.53 | 14.24 | |||
p | < 0.0001 | 0.0027 | 0.0027 | Ns | < 0.0001 | 0.0134 | Ns | Ns | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |