Table 7. The cross-breeding of the WH and QS populations within Clade II.
Treatment | Replications | No. eggs laid/female | Hatchability | Adult emergence rate | Sex ratio (♀:♂) |
WH♀×QS♂ | 8 | 115±25.47 | 0.54±0.04 | 0.95±0.04 | 1∶1.47 |
QS♀×WH♂ | 8 | 109±26.47 | 0.60±0.06 | 0.89±0.07 | 1∶1.54 |
WH♀×WH♂ | 8 | 121±17.98 | 0.65±0.01 | 0.89±0.02 | 1∶1.05 |
QS♀×QS♂ | 8 | 139±17.31 | 0.63±0.09 | 0.85±0.15 | 1∶1.42 |
Data shown in the table were mean ± SE. There were no significant differences at the 0.01 level between mean values within columns. The values of sex ratio (♀:♂) were not included in this analysis.