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Table 2 Effect of time of contact between males and females on insemination and hatch rates

From: Mating competitiveness of sterile male Anopheles coluzzii in large cages

 

Sterile control

 

500:100 :100

 

Untreated control

 

Duration of contact

1 day

2 days

 

1 day

2 days

 

1 day

2 days

 

IR ± SE

59.23 ± 10.97

  82.58 ± 5.04

*

85.25 ± 8.90

  92.08 ± 1.49

NS

64.10 ± 10.63

  82.87 ± 2.59

*

HR ± SE

27.24 ± 6.39

  24.68 ± 4.82

NS

43.37 ± 6.02

  38.40 ± 6.45

NS

90.07 ± 1.61

  88.09 ± 3.18

NS

  1. The insemination rate (IR) and the hatch rate (HR) were compared over a time of one or two days of contact between males and females mosquitoes. SE = Standard Error .NS non-significant and *P < 0.05 between days.
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