Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Survival rate at each stage of Spodoptera frugiperda before emergence on maize and kidney bean

From: Age-stage, two-sex life table analysis of Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) reared on maize and kidney bean

Survival rate, %	Hosts
Survival rate, %	Maize	Kidney bean
Egg	100.00 ± 0.00	100.00 ± 0.00
1st instar	96.67 ± 1.67	95.00 ± 2.89
2nd instar	98.25 ± 1.75	91.26 ± 2.28
3rd instar	99.17 ± 0.83	98.09 ± 0.83
4th instar	94.76 ± 1.42	90.35 ± 1.42
5th instar	91.64 ± 3.18	90.23 ± 1.77
6th instar	96.05 ± 2.59	95.14 ± 2.59
Prepupa	97.85 ± 1.08	100.00 ± 0.00
Pupa	92.36 ± 2.97	95.00 ± 1.08

The data in the table are mean values ± SE
*Means P < 0.05 (paired Student’s t-test)

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