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Table 2.

Impact of different sesquiterpenes on the growth indices of red palm weevil larvae.

Treatments	Approximate Digestibility (AD)	ECI	ECD
Picrotoxin	74.49 ± 0.26^a	5.07 ± 0.34^e	6.81 ± 0.47^e
Farnesol	62.70 ± 0.39^b	14.09 ± 0.28^d	22.49 ± 0.57^d
Farnesyl acetate	60.70 ± 0.26^c	15.79 ± 0.51	26.01 ± 0.85^c
β-Caryophyllene	53.85 ± 0.28^de	18.68 ± 0.15^ab	34.70 ± 0.46^b
(+)-Cedrol	55.13 ± 0.75^d	18.40 ± 0.48^ab	33.44 ± 1.32^b
Nerolidol	53.85 ± 0.28^de	18.61 ± 0.15^ab	34.57 ± 0.46^b
(+)-Nootkatone	63.89 ± 0.50^b	17.83 ± 0.54^b	27.95 ± 1.06^c
Parthenolide	52.82 ± 0.88^ef	18.75 ± 0.48^ab	35.60 ± 1.50^ab
Control	51.55 ± 0.23^f	19.22 ± 0.16^a	37.29 ± 0.48^a

ECI stands for efficacy of conversion of ingested food; ECD stands for efficacy of conversion of digested food.