Table 1 Effect of factitious hosts on parasitization, host larval emergence and adult emergence of T. pretiosum.
Treatments | Rearing host | Target host | Mean value | Mean difference | 95% CI | t value | P value (2- tailed) |
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% Parasitization (T. pretiosum) | |||||||
CC | C. cephalonica | C. cephalonica | 59.33 | 0.66 | (−14.08) − 15.41 | 0.12 | 0.906 |
GG | G. mellonella | G. mellonella | 58.67 | ||||
CF | C. cephalonica | S. frugiperda | 40.00 | (−20.66) | (−32.15) - (9.18) | −4.99 | 0.007* |
GF | G. mellonella | S. frugiperda | 60.67 | ||||
% host larval emergence | |||||||
CC | C. cephalonica | C. cephalonica | 25.33 | (−9.33) | (−15.47) - (−3.19) | −4.22 | 0.013* |
GG | G. mellonella | G. mellonella | 34.67 | ||||
CF | C. cephalonica | S. frugiperda | 31.33 | 9.33 | (−0.548) − 19.21 | 2.62 | 0.058 |
GF | G. mellonella | S. frugiperda | 22.00 | ||||
% adult emergence (T. pretiosum) | |||||||
CC | C. cephalonica | C. cephalonica | 65.92 | 10.22 | 1.06–19.38 | 3.10 | 0.036* |
GG | G. mellonella | G. mellonella | 55.69 | ||||
CF | C. cephalonica | S. frugiperda | 63.60 | (−3.93) | (−10.43) − 2.55 | −1.68 | 0.167 |
GF | G. mellonella | S. frugiperda | 67.54 |