Table 3 Predation rates of N. barkeri in control and treatment.

From: Feeding on Beauveria bassiana-treated Frankliniella occidentalis causes negative effects on the predatory mite Neoseiulus barkeri

Stage

Predation rate (preys/predator)

Control(mean ± SE)

Treatment (mean ± SE)

Larva

0

0

Protonymph

3.93 ± 0.17b

5.88 ± 0.22a

Deutonymph

6.71 ± 0.26b

8.49 ± 0.26a

Preadult

10.71 ± 0.35b

14.31 ± 0.4a

Adult

96.02 ± 2.74a

78.36 ± 1.94b

Net predation rate, C0

86.0320 ± 5.8587a

70.1384 ± 5.1868b

Stable predation rate, ψ

0.7862 ± 0.0250b

0.9038 ± 0.0288a

Finite predation rate, ω

0.9503 ± 0.0328b

1.0459 ± 0.0381a

  1. Values followed by the different lowercase letters within a row are significantly different using t-tests (P < 0.05).
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