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. 2020 Aug 6;15(8):e0237259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237259

Table 3. Adult yellow mealworms obtained from different diets (dry feed plus watermelon peels).

Dry feed composition (%) Adult emergence (%)1 Deformed adults (%)1
L. edodes SMS Wheat bran
0 100 97.8 ± 1.4 a 2.26 ± 0.93 a
30 70 93.8 ± 1.3 a 3.00 ± 1.43 a
40 60 93.7 ± 3.2 a 3.25 ± 0.87 a
50 50 97.6 ± 1.0 a 0.00 ± 0.00 a
60 40 97.3 ± 1.1 a 2.55 ± 1.05 a

1Values (mean ± SE) followed by different letters within the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05, ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD test).