Table 1. Cumulative numbers of black cutworm larvae deaths after each treatment. Insect assays were performed by injecting either sterile water, 5 × 10⁷ total induced E. coli cells containing the pCold II vector only as a negative control or the Etp-Mcf::pCold II plasmid in a total volume of 5 μL. The experiments also included larvae that were untreated.

Black cutworm mortality assay
Experiment 1 (n = 6; P = 0.001)
Treatment/Time	24 h		48 h
Untreated	0		0
Water	0		0
pCold II vector only::E. coli	0		0
Etp-Mcf::pCold II::E. coli	3		6
Experiment 2 (n = 10; P = 0.029)
Treatment/Time	24 h	48 h	72 h	120 h
Untreated	0	0	0	0
Water	0	0	0	0
pCold II vector only:: E. coli	0	0	1	1
Etp-Mcf::pCold II::E. coli	1	1	5	6