Table 1.
Survival of immature stages of six medfly populations reared on an artificial diet in the laboratory (25°C)
| Population | Survival (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg | Larvae | Pupae | Egg–Adult | |
| Kenya | 82.3 b | 87.8 ab | 96.0 a | 69.5 b |
| (n = 210) | (n = 173) | (n = 152) | ||
| Portugal | 84.0 b | 84.7 b | 94.8 a | 67.5 b |
| (n = 219) | (n = 184) | (n = 156) | ||
| Greece | 96.5 a | 90.6 ab | 94.2 a | 82.5 a |
| (n = 200) | (n = 193) | (n = 175) | ||
| Hawaii | 89.0 ab | 86.5 b | 99.3 a | 76.5 a |
| (n = 200) | (n = 178) | (n = 154) | ||
| Brazil | 79.3 b | 96.0 a | 95.8 a | 72.9 a |
| (n = 222) | (n = 176) | (n = 169) | ||
| Guatemala | 95.0 a | 86.5 b | 98.8 a | 81.2 a |
| (n = 202) | (n = 192) | (n = 166) | ||
| c2 | 46.8274 | 14.8972 | 10.3614 | 12.3906 |
| df | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| P | <0.001 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Percentages within the same column followed by the same letter are not statistically significantly different (c2 test, P > 0.05, comparisons per two followed by Bonferoni correction for multiple comparisons).