TABLE 6.
Effect of secondary metabolite type (gossypol and cucurbitacin B), concentration, and length of exposure on Buchnera titers in aphids from populations maintained on cotton or cucumber and fed artificial dietsa
| Effect | Aphids maintained on cotton |
Aphids maintained on cucumber |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| df | Mean square | F | P | df | Mean square | F | P | |
| Plant secondary metabolite (A) | 1 | 0.00003993 | 11.11 | 0.0015 | 1 | 0.00031426 | 16.55 | 0.0001 |
| Concn (B) | 3 | 0.00000685 | 1.91 | 0.1382 | 3 | 0.00001200 | 0.63 | 0.5970 |
| Length of exposure (C) | 2 | 0.00002256 | 6.27 | 0.0034 | 2 | 0.00003630 | 1.91 | 0.1561 |
| A × B | 3 | 0.00001153 | 3.21 | 0.0293 | 3 | 0.00013989 | 7.37 | 0.0003 |
| A × C | 2 | 0.00000071 | 0.20 | 0.8221 | 2 | 0.00000133 | 0.07 | 0.9326 |
| B × C | 6 | 0.00000501 | 1.39 | 0.2317 | 6 | 0.00002258 | 1.19 | 0.3234 |
| A × B × C | 6 | 0.00000105 | 0.29 | 0.9388 | 6 | 0.00001214 | 0.64 | 0.6982 |
Determined by three-way ANOVA.