Table 3 Mean number of dead adults and reduction percentage of A. verbasci adults.

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 adults mortality after

Total

% Reduction

1st week

2nd week

3rd week

0

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0a

200

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.3 ± 0.3a

1.0 ± 0.5a

1.3 ± 1.6

13.3a

400

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.3 ± 0.3a

3.0 ± 0.5b

3.3 ± 1.6

33.3b

600

0.0 ± 0.0a

1.7 ± 0.3b

4.0 ± 0.3b

5.7 ± 1.6

56.7c

800

0.7 ± 0.3b

3.0 ± 0.3b

4.7 ± 0.3b

7.7 ± 2.2

76.7d

1000

1.7 ± 0.3c

4.0 ± 0.5c

4.3 ± 0.7b

10 ± 0.0

100.0e

F value

12.5

18.4

11.7

41.6

L.S.D. 5%

0.6

1.1

1.7

1.8

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