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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Population parameters (means ± SE) of Goniozus legneri reared on Ectomyelois ceratoniae and Ephestia kuehniella estimated in this research

From: Comparative demography, population projection, functional response and host age preference behavior of the parasitoid Goniozus legneri on two lepidopterous insect hosts

Parameters

Hosts

P values (Based on bootstrap samples)

E. kuehniella

E. ceratoniae

Net reproductive rate (R0) (offspring/individual)

91.06 ± 4.68 a

101.52 ± 6.42 a

0.1890

Intrinsic rate of increase (r) (d−1)

0.2046 ± 0.0028 b

0.2442 ± 0.0004 a

< 0.0001

Finite rate of increase (λ) (d−1)

1.2270 ± 0.0035 b

1.2767 ± 0.0006 a

< 0.0001

Mean generation time (T) (days)

22.05 ± 0.14 a

18.91 ± 0.25 b

< 0.0001

  1. The estimation of standard errors was conducted by using 100,000 bootstraps. Means within a row followed by different letters are significantly different using the paired bootstrap test based on the confidence interval of 100,000 differences (P < 0.05)
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