Table 1 Effect of Bt rice on survival and development of S. zeamais immature stages.

From: No Effect of Bt-transgenic Rice on the Tritrophic Interaction of the Stored Rice, the Maize Weevil Sitophilus Zeamais and the Parasitoid Wasp Theocolax elegans

Generation

stages

Parameter

Rice cultivars

p-value

Non-GM rice

Bt rice

1

Egg

Survival rate (%)

94.56 ± 2.86*

95.18 ± 2.48

0.56

Duration (d)

8.68 ± 1.24

8.46 ± 1.58

0.41

Larva

Survival rate (%)

92.46 ± 3.64

91.66 ± 3.85

0.95

Duration (d)

18.84 ± 1.97

18.27 ± 2.02

0.96

Pupa

Survival rate (%)

88.34 ± 3.91

89.26 ± 3.59

0.61

Duration (d)

9.27 ± 1.08

9.58 ± 1.26

0.40

Nonage

Survival rate (%)

82.25 ± 4.86

83.54 ± 5.23

0.98

Duration (d)

35.87 ± 2.86

36.05 ± 2.13

0.68

5

Egg

Survival rate (%)

95.76 ± 3.05

95.44 ± 2.62

0.55

Duration (d)

8.04 ± 1.82

8.52 ± 1.36

0.31

Larva

Survival rate (%)

92.94 ± 2.89

92.13 ± 3.57

0.51

Duration (d)

19.26 ± 1.96

18.53 ± 2.19

0.24

Pupa

Survival rate (%)

87.92 ± 3.64

88.06 ± 2.93

0.47

Duration (d)

9.46 ± 1.17

8.94 ± 1.44

0.49

Nonage

Survival rate (%)

82.42 ± 4.67

82.76 ± 4.56

0.17

Duration (d)

36.23 ± 2.55

35.75 ± 3.02

0.58

10

Egg

Survival rate (%)

96.38 ± 2.14

96.12 ± 2.62

0.66

Duration (d)

7.98 ± 1.86

8.26 ± 1.64

0.76

Larva

Survival rate (%)

90.95 ± 4.21

91.86 ± 3.86

0.50

Duration (d)

18.71 ± 2.08

19.02 ± 2.43

0.80

Pupa

Survival rate (%)

88.81 ± 3.76

87.72 ± 3.53

0.96

Duration (d)

9.12 ± 1.33

9.28 ± 1.51

0.67

Nonage

Survival rate (%)

83.18 ± 4.73

82.48 ± 4.28

0.81

Duration (d)

36.19 ± 2.08

36.47 ± 2.64

0.64

15

Egg

Survival rate (%)

95.64 ± 2.76

96.44 ± 1.96

0.27

Duration (d)

8.06 ± 1.66

8.42 ± 1.72

0.91

Larva

Survival rate (%)

93.47 ± 3.03

92.49 ± 2.67

0.88

Duration (d)

18.79 ± 2.75

19.04 ± 2.37

0.90

Pupa

Survival rate (%)

90.22 ± 3.87

88.49 ± 3.12

0.59

Duration (d)

8.86 ± 1.59

9.07 ± 1.37

0.69

Nonage

Survival rate (%)

82.87 ± 4.62

82.16 ± 4.32

0.91

Duration (d)

35.86 ± 2.96

35.28 ± 2.37

0.86

20

Egg

Survival rate (%)

94.98 ± 2.94

95.40 ± 2.24

0.81

Duration (d)

8.56 ± 1.48

8.36 ± 1.54

0.91

Larva

Survival rate (%)

93.09 ± 3.51

92.43 ± 2.69

0.67

Duration (d)

18.41 ± 2.63

18.59 ± 2.14

0.74

Pupa

Survival rate (%)

87.91 ± 4.03

89.59 ± 3.92

0.89

Duration (d)

9.34 ± 1.45

9.23 ± 1.06

0.43

Nonage

Survival rate (%)

83.02 ± 4.81

82.86 ± 4.53

0.92

Duration (d)

36.12 ± 2.81

35.74 ± 2.29

0.78

25

Egg

Survival rate (%)

95.46 ± 2.68

95.56 ± 2.36

0.48

Duration (d)

8.44 ± 1.32

8.18 ± 1.52

0.54

Larva

Survival rate (%)

92.58 ± 2.87

91.86 ± 2.98

0.86

Duration (d)

19.07 ± 2.73

18.83 ± 2.16

0.76

Pupa

Survival rate (%)

88.64 ± 3.65

88.51 ± 3.26

0.71

Duration (d)

9.48 ± 1.53

9.19 ± 1.48

0.92

Nonage

Survival rate (%)

82.81 ± 4.29

82.53 ± 4.74

0.92

Duration (d)

35.82 ± 2.77

35.49 ± 2.23

0.59

  1. Note: *All values are means ± standard deviations.