Effect of a low cost diet on the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrosis virus pathogenicity and sterile insect technique

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Weight averages of three ages (day) of larvae and 24 age pupae produced from 4 different larval diets of Spodoptera littoralis

Diets	(Avg.) larval weight (mg/larvae) at different days			(Avg.) Pupal weight
Diets	5 days	9 days	13 days	(Avg.) Pupal weight
CL	190.7 ± 2.0 a	500.6 ± a	700.4 ± 10.3 a	324.5 ± 1.9 a
A	175 ± 1.2 b	433 ± 2.3 b	625.1 ± 12.1b	322.3 ± 3.1a
ASG	150 ± 1.7 c	381 ± 2.5 c	530.2 ± 1.8 c	300.5 ± 2.1b
SG	122 ± 2.3 d	250 ± 3.2 d	400.0 ± 2.5 d	250.4 ± 3.2 c