Table 1 Survival rates (%) of immature of Amblydromalus limonicus under control and four treatment conditions, which were: Fasting for 1 day at the start of the larval (T1), protonymph (T2), deutonymph (T3) and adult (T4) stage.
Egg | Larva | Protonymph | Deutonymph | Egg to adult | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 100.0 (n = 50) | 100.0 (n = 50) | 98.0 ± 2.0 (n = 49) | 91.8 ± 3.9 (n = 45) | 90.0 ± 4.2 (n = 45) |
T1 | 100.0 (n = 50) | 92.0 ± 3.8 (n = 46) | 84.8 ± 5.3 (n = 39) | 87.2 ± 5.3 (n = 34) | 68.0 ± 6.6 (n = 34) |
T2 | 100.0 (n = 50) | 98.0 ± 2.0 (n = 49) | 93.9 ± 3.4 (n = 46) | 84.8 ± 5.3 (n = 39) | 78.0 ± 5.9 (n = 39) |
T3 | 100.0 (n = 50) | 96.0 ± 2.8 (n = 48) | 91.7 ± 4.0 (n = 44) | 90.9 ± 4.3 (n = 40) | 80.0 ± 5.7 (n = 40) |
T4 | 100.0 (n = 50) | 98.0 ± 2.0 (n = 49) | 95.9 ± 2.8 (n = 47) | 87.2 ± 4.9 (n = 41) | 82.0 ± 5.4 (n = 41) |
χ2 | 5.94 | 7.50 | 1.55 | 7.74 | |
df | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
P | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.82 | 0.10 |
