Table 4 Quantification of digestive enzymes of S. oryzae.

Treatment	Insect amylase (U/mg of protein)	Insect protease (U/mg of protein)
HI 1544	4.4 ± 0.04^a	0.19 ± 0.02^a
GW 322	4.6 ± 0.06^ab	0.19 ± 0.02^a
HD 3117	5.3 ± 0.20^d	0.38 ± 0.02^d
HD 3184	4.8 ± 0.05^bc	0.30 ± 0.03^c
HD 3118	6.0 ± 0.02^e	0.40 ± 0.03^de
HD 2932	7.1 ± 0.04^g	0.42 ± 0.02^e
HD 3086	4.6 ± 0.04^ab	0.27 ± 0.03^bc
HD 3165	6.0 ± 0.03^e	0.25 ± 0.06^b
HI 1500	4.6 ± 0.07^ab	0.31 ± 0.02^c
HD 2967	4.8 ± 0.04^abc	0.39 ± 0.02^de
HD 3059	5.1 ± 0.04^cd	0.39 ± 0.02^de
HD 3090	6.5 ± 0.04^f	0.29 ± 0.03^bc
HD 4728	6.2 ± 0.02^ef	0.40 ± 0.03^de
HI 8381	7.1 ± 0.03^g	0.48 ± 0.04^f
HD 1563	6.3 ± 0.02^ef	0.49 ± 0.02^f
PBW 343	7.4 ± 0.16^g	0.49 ± 0.02^f
Mean	5.7	0.35
SD	1	0.09
SE	0.11	0.01

Each value represents the mean (± SE) of five replications of assays on rice weevil reared on different wheat cultivars. The mean values with the same letters (a, b, c…) are not significantly different from one another (Tukey’s test, P < 0.05).

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