Table 1 Effect of tobacco extract on the feeding and growth of P. canaliculata.

From: Molluscicidal activity of Nicotiana tabacum extracts on the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata

Snail type

F (g)

Wt (g)

WGR (%)

FR (%/d)

FCR (%)

SGR (%/d)

Small

 CK

15.04 ± 0.77a

1.96 ± 0.09a

192.89 ± 7.19a

76.21 ± 1.69a

8.59 ± 0.18a

7.16 ± 0.17a

 0.2

11.26 ± 0.20ab

1.49 ± 0.05b

127.21 ± 7.51b

70.01 ± 1.21b

7.39 ± 0.24b

5.47 ± 0.22b

 0.5

0.14 ± 0.01b

     

Medium

 CK

24.02 ± 1.13a

3.44 ± 0.13a

97.10 ± 14.02a

61.64 ± 1.80a

6.99 ± 0.46a

4.49 ± 0.46a

 0.2

16.93 ± 2.23b

2.87 ± 0.11b

56.19 ± 5.89b

47.87 ± 5.71a

6.15 ± 0.29a

2.96 ± 0.25b

 0.5

0.84 ± 0.30c

     

Adult

 CK

18.79 ± 0.39a

8.92 ± 0.14b

6.97 ± 1.00a

14.52 ± 0.35a

3.09 ± 0.42b

0.45 ± 0.06a

 0.2

8.57 ± 1.30b

9.63 ± 0.13a

9.32 ± 0.85a

6.18 ± 0.89b

9.82 ± 0.82a

0.59 ± 0.05a

 0.5

0.60 ± 0.17c

     
  1. F is the sum of the daily food intake per snail within 15 days. Wt is the terminal weight per snail. WGR, FR, FCR and SGR represent weight growth rate, feeding rate, food conversion ratio and specific growth rate, respectively. Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences between/among treatment groups of P. canaliculata of the same type at the 0.05 level.