Table 2.
Developmental time in days (Mean ± SE) for life stages of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei reared in artificial diet with and without antibiotics.
| Diet | Development Time (Days) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg | Larva | Pre-Pupa | Pupa | Juvenile | Egg to Adult | |
| control | 6.08 ± 0.22 a | 15.22 ± 0.75 a | 1.94 ± 0.11 a | 6.37 ± 0.15 a | 4.05 ± 0.12 a | 34.41 ± 0.75 a |
| penicillin | 6.07 ± 0.31 a | 15.45 ± 0.59 a | 1.87 ± 0.07 a | 6.78 ± 0.18 a | 4.09 ± 0.19 a | 34.26 ± 0.61 a |
| tetracycline | 6.10 ± 0.21 a | 15.52 ± 0.74 a | 2.03 ± 0.09 a | 6.82 ± 0.26 a | 4.67 ± 0.24 b | 35.13 ± 0.94 a |
| Statistics | F = 1.91/p = 0.15 | F = 0.89/p = 0.41 | F = 0.86/p = 0.42 | F = 1.59/p = 0.20 | F = 3.34/p = 0.01 * | F = 0.95/p = 0.38 |
Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different (p = 0.05, Post-hoc Tukey’s test). *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; p < 0.1.