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Table 4 Population parameters 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

Population parameters

Hosts

Maize

Kidney bean

Net reproductive rate (R0)

206.03 ± 40.74

172.38 ± 36.73

Intrinsic rate of increase (r/day)

0.13 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.01

Finite rate of increase (λ/day)

1.14 ± 0.01

1.13 ± 0.01

Mean generation time (T/day)

40.92 ± 0.59*

42.05 ± 0.60

  1. The data in the table are mean values ± SE
  2. *Means P < 0.05 (paired bootstrap test)