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Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Reproduction and pupal weight of Spodoptera frugiperda fed 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

Biological parameters

Hosts

Maize

Kidney bean

Adult pre-oviposition period (APOP/day)

6.69 ± 0.52

5.50 ± 0.47

Total pre-oviposition period (TPOP/day)

39.04 ± 0.59*

42.05 ± 0.60

Oviposition rate (OR)

62.48 ± 6.79

64.77 ± 6.03

Female ratio of offspring

0.50

0.51

Pupal weight (g)

0.1841 ± 0.0023*

0.1687 ± 0.0019

  1. The data in the table are mean values ± SE
  2. *Means P < 0.05 (APOP and TPOP was paired by bootstrap test, oviposition rate and pupal weight was paired by Student’s t-test)
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