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Table 1 Effects of pupal irradiation on emergence, egg number, and hatch rate

From: The sex pheromone heptacosane enhances the mating competitiveness of sterile Aedes aegypti males

Irradiation

Emergence rate (%)

Egg number

Hatch rate (%)

Control

92.6 ± 3.2 a

66.6 ± 1.9 a

85.9 ± 6.6 a

X-ray 20 Gy

90.0 ± 4.1 a, b

65.5 ± 2.2 a

29.2 ± 4.2 b

X-ray 40 Gy

87.4 ± 3.2 a, b

63.5 ± 2.5 a

5.2 ± 2.5 c

X-ray 60 Gy

86.3 ± 3.5 a, b

65.0 ± 2.3 a

0.3 ± 0.5 d

γ-ray 20 Gy

88.9 ± 2.4 a, b

68.1 ± 2.2 a

6.0 ± 1.8 c

γ-ray 40 Gy

83.4 ± 3.5 b, c

68.0 ± 2.3 a

0.2 ± 0.4 d

γ-ray 60 Gy

74.4 ± 4.4 c

64.8 ± 2.2 a

0 ± 0 d

  1. Data are presented as the mean ± SE. Values followed by different letters are significantly different from each other (emergence rate and hatch rate: Pearson's Chi-square test and Bonferroni test, P < 0.05; egg number: ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc test)