Table 1. Effect of consumption of pollen from Cry1C- or Cry2A-expressing Bt rice (T1C-19 and T2A-1) or the corresponding non-transformed rice line (Minghui 63) on life table parameters of Propylea japonica. Number of replicates is indicated in parenthesis.
| Adult fresh weight (mg ± SE)c | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice line | Pupation rate (%)a | Eclosion rate (%)a | Days to pupa (±SE)b | Female | Male | Total fecundity per pair (eggs ± SE)c |
| Minghui 63 | 97.3 (75) | 90.7 (75) | 7.99 ± 0.11 (73) | 6.97 ± 0.13 (30) | 5.96 ± 0.14 (37) | 177.2 ± 14.64 (30) |
| T1C-19 (Cry1C) | 89.3 (75) | 84.0 (75) | 8.88 ± 0.12 (67)* | 6.69 ± 0.24 (27) | 5.47 ± 0.10 (36) | 169.5 ± 15.61 (24) |
| T2A-1 (Cry2A) | 90.7 (75) | 81.3 (75) | 8.62 ± 0.10 (68)* | 6.53 ± 0.18 (26) | 5.50 ± 0.15 (35) | 137.6 ± 10.40 (25) |
Each Bt rice line was compared to the control. An asterisk denotes a significant difference between a Bt rice line and the control.
aχ2 test with Bonferroni correction (adjusted α = 0.025).
bMann-Whitney U-test with Bonferroni correction (adjusted α = 0.025).
cDunnett test.