Table 2.
Potentialities of the nano-sized rice chaff particle (NS) on the juvenile and adult death, the malformed individuals and the emerged adults of the greater death moth, Galleria mellonella.
Number of dead larval after (days) |
Total larval death |
P. | LP. | Total pupal death | Viable pupation | Emerged adults |
Overall death |
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2nd | 7th | 14th | 21st | 28th | Perm. | Obs. | % obs. | % corr. | Normal | Deformed | Total adult death | Obs. | % obs. | % corr. | |||||
C. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
150 ppm | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 36.17 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 74 | 71.74 |
200 ppm | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 36.17 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 70 | 67.39 |
300 ppm | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 14.89 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 54 | 50 |