Table 3.
Strain | Fertility (%) | Egg to pupae survival (%) | Pupa to adult survival (%) | Overall fitness |
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WT | 81.00 ± 1.81 a | 73.00 ± 1.34 a | 96.72 ± 0.92 a | 0.57 ± 0.01 a |
bp | 68.60 ± 2.03 b | 49.00 ± 2.21 b | 84.07 ± 5.01 ab | 0.28 ± 0.01 b |
GSS-172 | 45.50 ± 5.75 cd | 29.00 ± 6.14 bc | 86.84 ± 4.55 ab | 0.12 ± 0.04 c |
GSS-119 | 47.80 ± 3.93 cd | 35.50 ± 5.94 bc | 77.04 ± 4.04 b | 0.14 ± 0.03 bc |
GSS-89 | 54.20 ± 4.91 bc | 29.80 ± 4.61 bc | 83.30 ± 2.83 ab | 0.14 ± 0.03 bc |
GSS-33 | 37.20 ± 2.53 d | 21.70 ± 2.35 c | 90.72 ± 2.51 ab | 0.07 ± 0.01 c |
Overall fitness = (Fertility/100) (egg to pupae/100) (pupae to adult/100). For each column, lower case letters represent significant differences between strains (P < 0.05)