Table 1 Effect of different blood feeding frequencies on Glossina palpalis gambiensis survival, productivity and fertility
Blood-feeding treatmenta | No. of females surviving at day 30 (%) | No.of mature females | No. of pupae produced | Pupae size classesb | Fecundity | Quality factorc | Uterus | Insemination rate | Pupae quality control | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of recently ovulated egg (%) | No. of empty eggs due to abortion (%) | No. of viable instar larvae | |||||||||||||||
Day 18 | Day 30 | A | B | C | First (%) | Second (%) | Third (%) | No. of emergences (%) | No. of operational flies (%) | ||||||||
F3 | 261 (72.5) | 1352 | 1325 | 280 | 99 | 174 | 6 | 0.072 | 1.18 | 28 (24.4) | 21 (18.3) | 23 (20) | 30 (26) | 13 (11.3) | 1 | 250 (89.3) | 210 (84) |
F4 | 314 (87.2) | 1394 | 1378 | 457 | 126 | 314 | 17 | 0.092 | 1.48 | 24 (8.8) | 14 (5.1) | 85 (31.1) | 98 (35.9) | 52 (19.1) | 1 | 445 (97.4) | 419 (94.15) |
F6 | 283 (78.6) | 1363 | 1333 | 454 | 112 | 301 | 41 | 0.087 | 1.59 | 8 (3.1) | 12 (4.6) | 60 (22.9) | 130 (49.8) | 51 (19.6) | 1 | 437 (96.6) | 423 (96.79) |