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Table 8 Effects of four promising diets mixtures on An. arabiensis larval development times, adult wing length and egg production

From: Cost-effective larval diet mixtures for mass rearing of Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae)

  

Value

SE

df

t-value

P-value

Time from L1 to pupa

(Intercept)

7.319910

0.0597

8206

122.5788

< 0.0001***

Mix 12

0.0167

0.0187

8206

0.8935

0.3716

Mix 14

-0.0412

0.0188

8206

-2.1969

0.0281*

Mix 15

-0.1085

0.0190

8206

-5.7029

< 0.0001***

Mix 17

-0.0249

0.0189

8206

-1.3141

0.1889

Time from L1 to adult

(Intercept)

8.2610

0.0607

7822

136.0896

< 0.0001***

Mix 12

0.0499

0.0188

7822

2.6503

0.0081**

Mix 14

0.0719

0.0188

7822

3.8224

0.0001***

Mix 15

-0.0633

0.0191

7822

-3.3139

0.0009***

Mix 17

0.0305

0.0189

7822

1.6075

0.1080

Male wing length

(Intercept)

2.9150

0.0242

241

120.4781

< 0.0001***

Mix 12

0.0066

0.0161

241

0.4116

0.6810

Mix 14

0.0281

0.0161

241

1.7438

0.0825

Mix 15

-0.0020

0.0161

241

-0.1241

0.9013

Mix 17

-0.0243

0.0161

241

-1.5091

0.1326

Female wing length

(Intercept)

3.1142

0.0205

241

152.2137

< 0.0001***

Mix 12

0.0069

0.0167

241

0.4126

0.6803

Mix 14

0.0434

0.0167

241

2.6051

0.0098**

Mix 15

0.0277

0.0167

241

1.6629

0.0976

Mix 17

-0.0028

0.0167

241

-0.1704

0.8648

Egg production

(Intercept)

3132.6667

492.5974

8

6.3595

0.0002***

Mix 12

-1243.6667

546.1322

8

-2.2772

0.0523

Mix 14

-226.3333

546.1322

8

-0.4144

0.6894

Mix 15

-186.3333

546.1322

8

-0.3412

0.7418

Mix 17

-346.3333

546.1322

8

-0.6342

0.5437

  1. Abbreviations: SE standard error, df degrees of freedom
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001