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Table 1 Differential Hemocytes Count (DHC) in the hemolymph of fully developed larvae of C. cephalonica before and after successive periods of parasitization by B. hebetor

From: Effects of parasitism by the braconid wasp, Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), on the host hemolymph and phenoloxidase activation of the rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica larvae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Hemocytes

DHC

Control

24 h

48 h

72 h

P

F

Prohemocytes (PR)

31.33 ± 6.49a

40.33 ± 5.61b

43 ± 8.33b

26 ± 2.31c

0.2476

1.68

Plasmatocytes (PL)

35 ± 4.51a

28 ± 7.09b

31 ± 4.62b

52 ± 8.18c

0.1021

2.893

Granulocytes (GR)

18.33 ± 5.84a

17.67 ± 4.05a

18 ± 2.31a

16.67 ± 8.7a

0.9971

0.01567

Spherulocytes (SP)

13.67 ± 3.48a

13 ± 3.05a

7.33 ± 2.33b

5.33 ± 1.45b

0.1480

2.355

Oenocytes (OE)

1.67 ± 0.33a

1 ± 0.58a

0.67 ± 0.33b

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0709

3.467

  1. Means followed by the same letter in the same raw are not significantly different (P > 0.05); n = 5