Table 1 Mean proportion of recaptured females, female insemination rate and fecundity of An. arabiensis following mating competitiveness experiments in semi-field cages
From: Does mosquito mass-rearing produce an inferior mosquito?
Treatments | Ratio S♂:F♂:F♀ | Mean of R ± SE (min–max) | IR | F (mean ± SE) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % mean ± SE | ||||
Unirradiated control-MRS | 0:100:100 | 81.28 ± 3.81 (70–92) | 212 | 64.30 ± 4.15 | 691.75 ± 177.46 |
Unirradiated control-SRS | 0:100:100 | 76.20 ± 5.62 (54–84) | 199 | 60.17 ± 4.36 | 234.50 ± 148.05 |
Irradiated control-MRS | 100:0:100 | 68.20 ± 3.26 (59–76) | 211 | 53.22 ± 5.85 | 370.75 ± 281.13 |
Irradiated control-SRS | 100:0:100 | 73.83 ± 7.94 (49–94) | 235 | 57.34 ± 5.30 | 598.50 ± 337.80 |
♂ MRS#:♂SRS:♀SRS | 100:100:100 | 75.08 ± 6.23 (57–97) | 280 | 53.84 ± 2.40 | 155.00 ± 89.83 |
♂SRS#:♂ MRS:♀SRS | 100:100:100 | 72.43 ± 4.12 (57–89) | 271 | 50.02 ± 1.47 | 206.00 ± 55.75 |