Table 2. Competiveness between irradiated Wolbachia-infected males (♂ir-W) vs non-irradiated wild type males (♂nr-w), in order to mate with non-radiated wild type females (♀nr-w) at the ♂ir-W:♂nr-w:♀nr-w ratios of 1:1:1, 5:1:1, 10:1:1 and 20:1:1.
| Ratio ♂ir-W:♂nr-w:♀nr-w |
No. Replicate | Total eggs (Mean ± SD) |
Total hatched eggs (Mean ± SD) |
Egg hatch rate (Mean ± SD) |
Induce Sterility (IS) (Mean ± 95%CI) |
Fried Index (C) (Mean ± 95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:1:1 | 30 | 1,069 (35.63 ± 9.87) |
640 (21.33 ± 9.03) |
0.60 (0.59 ± 0.17) |
99.34 (-0.73 - -0.59)* |
0.71 (-0.56 - -0.03)* |
| 5:1:1 | 30 | 1,308 (43.60 ± 1.17) |
235 (7.83 ± 2.74) |
0.18 (0.18 ± 0.05) |
99.80 (-0.22 - -0.18)* |
0.86 (-0.25 - -0.02)* |
| 10:1:1 | 30 | 1,638 (54.60 ± 8.78) |
237 (7.90 ± 3.98) |
0.14 (0.15 ± 0.08) |
99.83 (-0.20 - -0.13)* |
0.70 (-0.46 - -0.15)* |
| 20:1:1 | 30 | 1,396 (46.53 ± 17.17) |
52 (1.73 ± 0.91) |
0.04 (0.0 4± 0.03) |
99.95 (-0.06 - -0.04)* |
1.37 (0.10–0.64)* |
* significant difference at p < 0.05