Table 2 The analysis of variance results for Sitobion avenae life-history traits (3 conditioning wheat varieties ×3 transition wheat varieties).

From: Maternal effects of the English grain aphids feeding on the wheat varieties with different resistance traits

Factors

 

Individual-level hierarchical traits

Population-level hierarchical traits

Development time

Weight Gain

Mean Relative Growth Rate

Fecundity

rm

Nymphal Survival

Net Reproduction Rate

Fitness Index

Conditioning varieties

F ratios

3.04

3.29

1.38

0.85

3.57

3.72

0.45

0.69

P value

0.05

0.04

0.26

0.43

0.03

0.12

0.64

0.50

Transition varieties

F ratios

0.32

1.34

1.39

11.21

4.07

3.64

16.59

12.06

P value

0.73

0.26

0.25

<0.01

0.02

0.13

<0.01

<0.01

Interaction

F ratios

7.78

0.84

5.16

2.72

1.45

#

1.21

1.20

P value

<0.01

0.50

<0.01

0.03

0.22

#

0.31

0.31

  1. Note: The degrees of freedom are all 2, 2, 4, 245.