Table 1. Weights of fall armyworm larvae feeding on N. benthamiana T2 homozygous plants transformed with the BvSTI gene.
Transformants | 3 days | 6 days | 8 days | 10 days |
11-4 | 31±4.1a (15) | 48±9.2a (11) | 76±15.9a (9) | 131±33.6a (8) |
11-5 | 43±6.5a (15) | 70±8.2a (14) | 105±13.0a (13) | 162±23.1b (12) |
11-6 | 32±3.1a (13) | 52±6.4a (11) | 74±9.9a (11) | 106±16.5a (10) |
11-13 | 39±3.2a (14) | 55±8.4a (13) | 84±9.3a (11) | 112±12.0a (9) |
12-2 | 51±7.8b (15) | 95±19.2a (14) | 157±35.5b (12) | 183±38.0b (11) |
Control | 63±7.7b (15) | 143±23.9b (13) | 258±42.2b (11) | 234±25.4b (8) |
Values represent mean larval weight ± SE (mg).
Means followed by the same superscript within columns are not significantly different (P<0.05) by one-way ANOVA test. Number in parenthesis indicates the number of living larvae out of 15 that were weighed.