Table 6. The development and reproduction of M. separata larvae fed on Bt maize and non-Bt maize during the heading stage, infected with rhizobacterias under ambient and elevated CO₂ in 2016 and 2017.

Impact factors	Factor levels	Larval life-span (day)	Pupation rate (%)	Pupal weight (g)	Pupal duration (day)	Adult longevity (day)	Fecundity (eggs per female)
Cv.	Bt	24.19 ± 0.16a	40.98 ± 2.45b	0.192 ± 0.007b	10.98 ± 0.18a	6.63 ± 0.14b	171.50 ± 13.27b
	Xy	21.28 ± 0.17b	71.94 ± 2.38a	0.218 ± 0.006a	10.21 ± 0.19b	7.32 ± 0.09a	300.92 ± 28.64a
CO2	Elevated	23.42 ± 0.20a	51.78 ± 2.69b	0.197 ± 0.007b	10.78 ± 0.18a	6.77 ± 0.11b	212.25 ± 19.13b
	Ambient	22.05 ± 0.17b	61.14 ± 2.68a	0.213 ± 0.005a	10.41 ± 0.19b	7.18 ± 0.13a	260.17 ± 21.87a
Rhizobacteria infection	AB	22.53 ± 0.16b	56.06 ± 2.24	0.205 ± 0.004	10.54 ± 0.09b	6.97 ± 0.24	228.00 ± 15.27b
	AC	22.42 ± 0.15b	55.53 ± 2.01	0.204 ± 0.004	10.53 ± 0.08b	6.96 ± 0.24	229.38 ± 17.46b
	CK	23.25 ± 0.16a	57.79 ± 2.58	0.206 ± 0.005	10.72 ± 0.13a	6.99 ± 0.18	251.25 ± 23.21a

Note:

Data in table are average ± SE. Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference between treatments by the Duncan’s test at P < 0.05; the same as in Table 8.