Table 2 Sublethal effects of dinotefuran on probing number and probe duration of Apolygus lucorum fed on Bt cotton plants for 6 h.

From: Sublethal and transgenerational effects of dinotefuran on biological parameters and behavioural traits of the mirid bug Apolygus lucorum

Parameter

Treatment

Statistics

Control

LC10

LC30

F2,57

P

No. of probes

6.78 ± 1.15a

8.65 ± 0.93a

8.15 ± 0.85a

0.95

0.394

P waveform (min)

8.21 ± 1.43a

8.92 ± 1.37a

5.95 ± 0.74a

1.69

0.194

I waveform (min)

15.03 ± 5.64a

13.06 ± 1.50a

12.74 ± 1.64a

0.14

0.873

B waveform (min)

17.26 ± 3.09a

16.39 ± 3.56a

17.96 ± 4.36a

0.05

0.096

S waveform (min)

13.97 ± 2.29a

20.39 ± 3.17a

18.71 ± 3.93a

0.99

0.377

  1. P waveform represents stylet probing; I waveform represents stylet insertion into cells; B waveform represents cell rupturing and salivation; and S waveform represents feeding on the cell mixture.
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