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Table 1 Mean time to death (logit-transformed) for the infectivity of HycuNPV to H. cunea larvae feeding on the foliage of different host plants

From: Nutrition of host plants influence the infectivity of nucleopolyhedrovirus to polyphagous caterpillar, Hyphantria cunea

Host plants

Probit regression

Pearson goodness-of-fit test

Probit-log(time) regressions

LT50(d)

95%CI

χ2

df

P

C. acuminata

Y = − 4.41 + 5.75* X

5.84

5.61–6.11

5.67

7

0.57

P. serrulata

Y = − 4.98 + 6.20* X

6.37

6.12–6.64

5.05

7

0.65

C. serrulata

Y = − 5.51 + 7.06* X

6.03

5.81–6.25

4.13

7

0.76

P. deltoides

Y = − 4.36 + 4.77* X

8.17

7.69–8.82

4.78

7

0.73

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