Table 4. Effects of gut-clearing and gender on ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’-acquisition rates and Ct value in an infected positive-control Diaphorina citri colony (non-isofemale line).

Parameter	Category	Infected/total number	Percent infected	Mean Ct value	P
					Ratio infected psyllids1	Ct value2
Gut clearing	Gut- cleared	58/60	96.7	28.60±0.85	0.50	0.008
	Not- cleared	59/60	98.3	30.13±0.92
Gender	Male	67/68	98.5	30.20±0.68	0.40	0.001
	Female	50/52	96.2	28.26±1.12

Gut clearing had no impact on the percentage of insects that test positive but did have an impact on Ct values insects where their guts were cleared on healthy citrus plants.

¹ Chi-square analysis.

² t test.