Table 4.
Male: Male | Fertility (%) (No. of eggs estimated) | Male mating competitiveness index (C)a |
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Fertile control | 90.8 ± 0.7% (3074) (Hn) | |
Sterile control Wol-unit HC | 0 (4550) (Hs) | |
Wol-unit HC: GUA | 44.5 ± 2.1% (9905) (Ho) | 1.05 ± 0.10 a |
Sterile control IAEA-unit HC | 0 (4164) (Hs) | |
IAEA-unit HC: GUA | 46.0 ± 2.8% (10,907) (Ho) | 0.99 ± 0.12 a |
aC: Male mating competitiveness index, calculated as: C = [(Hn – Ho)/(Ho – Hs)] × (N/S), where N and S were the numbers of fertile and sterile males
Note: Within each column, values followed by same lowercase letters were not statistically different using Mann-Whitney U-test analysis (P > 0.05). All the data in the table were presented as Mean or (Mean ± SE)
Abbreviations: Hn mean egg hatch rate of fertile control cages, Hs mean egg hatch rate of sterile control cages, Ho mean egg hatch rate of competitive mating cages