Whitefly instar | Developmental duration (days) of the parasitoid stage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egg–larval | Pupal | Egg to emergence | ||||
Mean ± SE | Range | Mean ± SE | Range | Mean ± SE | Range | |
II | 14.0 ± 0.6a | 12–16 | 19.3 ± 0.5a | 19–20 | 33.2 ± 0.8a | 31–36 |
III | 10.9 ± 0.4b | 10–15 | 19.8 ± 0.4a | 18–19 | 30.7 ± 0.3b | 29–33 |
IV | 10.3 ± 0.4c | 9–15 | 19.6 ± 0.7a | 18–19 | 29.9 ± 0.4c | 28–33 |
LSD(P=0.05) | 0.54 | NS | 0.65 | |||
F2, 14 | 124.08 | 1.60 | 68.44 | |||
P value | < 0.001 | 0.237 | < 0.001 |