Table 2 Mean number of emerged adults and reduction percentage of A. verbasci irradiated as pupae.

From: The lethal and sterile doses of gamma radiation on the museums pest, varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

Dose (Gy)

Mean number of emerged adults after

Total

% Reduction

1st week

2nd week

3rd week

0

7.0 ± a

3.0 ± ab

0.0 ± 0.0a

10.0 ± 0.0

0.0a

200

2.3 ± b

4.0 ± a

0.0 ± 0.0a

6.3 ± 1.4

39.7a

400

0.3 ± c

2.3 ± b

1.7 ± b

4.3 ± 0.8

56.7b

600

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

2.7 ± c

2.7 ± 0.8

73.3c

800

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.7 ± a

0.7 ± 1.6

93.3d

1000

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.0 ± 0.0

100.0e

F value

84.2

24.6

22.2

190.2

L.S.D. 5%

9.4

11.1

7.3

8.4

  1. *Common letter following the mean indicates no significant difference between means in a column.