Table 3.
Treatment | Sex ratio (female: male) | Egg production per cage (104) | Female fecundity | Egg hatch rate (%) |
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W/O ATP | 3000:1000 (3:1) | 14.3 ± 1.0a | 47.5 ± 3.4a | 88.9 ± 2.9a |
W ATP | 3000:1000 (3:1) | 18.6 ± 0.8b | 61.9 ± 2.6b | 86.7 ± 1.1a |
Within each column, values followed by different superscript letters were statistically different according to the Student t-test (P < 0.05)
Abbreviations: W/O ATP blood meals without ATP, W ATP blood meals with ATP (0.05 g/ml)