Table 2. Body length and head width of Folsomia candida when fed artificial diets containing Cry1C, Cry2A, or E-64 protein for 7, 14, 21 or 28 days. Values are means ± SE, n = 40.
Treatment | Body length (mm) |
Head width (mm) |
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7 day | 14 day | 21 day | 28 day | 7 day | 14 day | 21 day | 28 day | |
Control: pure diet | 0.906 ± 0.012 | 1.124 ± 0.019 | 1.300 ± 0.015 | 1.410±0.014 | 0.226 ± 0.002 | 0.243 ± 0.003 | 0.255 ± 0.003 | 0.275 ± 0.004 |
Cry1C 300 μg/g diet | 0.883 ± 0.014 | 1.100 ± 0.016 | 1.282 ± 0.015 | 1.394±0.017 | 0.217 ± 0.003 | 0.239 ± 0.003 | 0.258 ± 0.004 | 0.270 ± 0.004 |
Cry2A 600 μg/g diet | 0.870 ± 0.011 | 1.120 ± 0.013 | 1.258 ± 0.016 | 1.371±0.019 | 0.220 ± 0.003 | 0.237 ± 0.002 | 0.256 ± 0.002 | 0.273 ± 0.003 |
E-64 75 μg/g diet | 0.849 ± 0.015* | 1.110 ± 0.014 | 1.195 ± 0.012** | − | 0.207 ± 0.003** | 0.225 ± 0.003** | 0.241 ± 0.003* | − |
Statistical comparisons were made for each of the insecticidal protein with the control. Asterisks indicate significant differences between the toxin treatment and the control (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01).