Table 2 Fitting and statistical parameters of the one-prey two predator models for the two eggplant varieties (hairless and hairy) under greenhouse field conditions.

From: Role of eggplant trichome in whitefly oviposition and its relevance to biological control under greenhouse conditions

Variety

Fitting parameters (average ± SE)

rm1

m2

m3

γ12

γ13

c1

c2

Hairless

0.2697

0.0349

0.009

0.002

0.2564

1.421

0.004

± 2.33 10−3

± 6.03 10−3

± 1.09 10−3

± 2.38 10−4

± 7.53 10−2

± 1.47 10−4

± 1.57 10−4

d.f. = 12; R2 = 0.9771; P < 0.01

Hairy

0.2008

0.0309

0.018

0.012

0.0099

0.05

0.0077

± 6.63 10− 3

± 8.33 10−3

± 1.45 10−2

± 3.01 10−3

± 3.09 10−2

± 1.10 10−6

± 5.67 10−5

d.f. = 12; R2 = 0.8433; P < 0.01

  1. Prey is the tobacco whitefly Bemisia tabaci, and the two predators are the mite Amblyseius swirskii and the mirid Nesidiocoris tenuis (rm1 is per capita growth rate of the prey species (P), m2 and m3 are the mortality rate of predator E1 and predator E2, respectively).
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