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Table 6 Mean weights (g) of pupae and adults in Aedes aegypti from three strains and the field population with different pattern of temephos susceptibility

From: Fitness cost in field and laboratory Aedes aegypti populations associated with resistance to the insecticide temephos

Population/status for temephos susceptibility

Male pupae

Female pupae

Male adults

Female adults

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

RecRev

0.057 ± 0.004 a

0.080 ± 0.020a

0.023 ± 0.001a

0.053 ± 0.004a

RecRNEx

0.049 ± 0.002b

0.068 ± 0.006a

0.020 ± 0.004b

0.030 ± 0.005 b

RecR

0.048 ± 0.005b

0.065 ± 0.006a

0.018 ± 0.004b

0.026 ± 0.005b

Arcoverde

0.056 ± 0.004a

0.076 ± 0.030a

0.024 ± 0.004a

0.053 ± 0.006 a

  1. For the purpose of statistical analysis, the data were transformed into the square root of x. Different superscript letters indicate significant differences by Tukey’s test (p < 0.05)