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Table 2 Egg hatch rates at different release ratios

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

Treatment

Release ratio

Hatch rate (X-ray, %)

Hatch rate (γ-ray, %)

Control

0:1

84.2 ± 4.1 a

86.3 ± 4.0 a

I/U

1:1

55.4 ± 9.4 b

61.1 ± 4.4 b

 

3:1

36.0 ± 8.0 c

40.6 ± 5.0 c

 

5:1

30.4 ± 3.5 c, d

28.3 ± 5.5 d, e

 

7:1

23.9 ± 5.5 d, e

21.7 ± 4.8 e, f

 

1:0

0.7 ± 1.1 f

0.4 ± 0.7 g

I-H/U

1:1

46.1 ± 7.6 g

49.2 ± 8.3 h

 

3:1

31.1 ± 6.2 c

34.6 ± 5.8 c, d

 

5:1

22.9 ± 6.8 e, h

21.0 ± 5.0 f

 

7:1

17.2 ± 2.6 h

16.1 ± 3.4 f

 

1:0

0.6 ± 0.9 f

0.3 ± 0.7 g

  1. I/U irradiated/unirradiated; I-H/U (irradiated + heptacosane)/unirradiated. Data are presented as the mean ± SE. Values followed by different letters are significantly different from each other (Pearson's Chi-square test and Bonferroni test, P < 0.05)