Table 5. Weights of tobacco budworm feeding on leaves from N. benthamiana BvSTI T2 homozygous plants.
Transformants | 5 days | 7 days | 12 days † |
11-4 | 172±14b (10) | 221±16b | 183±21b (9) |
11-5 | 196±20b (10) | 239±18b | 390±162b (7) |
11-6 | 198±13b (10) | 217±15b | 206±23b (8) |
11-13 | 199±20b (10) | 221±21b | 180±29b (5) |
12-2 | 237±17a (10) | 276±15a | 209±6b (5) |
Control | 159±15b (10) | 191±16b | 198±16b (9) |
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.
Larvae started to pupate at 9 days; Number in parenthesis indicates the number of living larvae out of 10 at start of experiment.