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. 2016 Feb 3;14(8):1747–1755. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12534

Table 1.

Effect of feeding dsNFP to larvae

Injected dsNPF Injected dsGFP P value Decrease %
NPF relative expression level (%) 0.48 ± 0.03 0.95 ± 0.07 0.013 49.25
n = 3 n = 3
Relative consumption rate (g/day) 1.47 ± 0.07 1.79 ± 0.06 0.001 17.61
n = 38 n = 37
Relative growth rate (g/day) 0.43 ± 0.02 0.51 ± 0.01 <0.0001 15.77
n = 38 n = 36
Food consumption (g)
24 h 0.23 ± 0.02 0.34 ± 0.02 <0.0001 32.58
n = 39 n = 35
48 h 0.64 ± 0.04 0.87 ± 0.04 <0.0001 25.96
n = 39 n = 35
72 h 0.75 ± 0.05 1.12 ± 0.04 <0.0001 32.94
n = 39 n = 35
Net weight increases of larvae (g)
24 h 0.10 ± 0.01 0.14 ± 0.01 <0.0001 35.00
n = 36 n = 34
48 h 0.18 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.01 <0.0001 22.89
n = 36 n = 34
72 h 0.20 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.01 <0.0001 21.45
n = 36 n = 34