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Table 2 Competitiveness index of irradiated Anopheles arabiensis males and induced sterility in large cage experiment

From: Does mosquito mass-rearing produce an inferior mosquito?

Treatments

Ratio S♂:F♂:F♀

Hatch rate (% mean ± SE)

C (mean ± SE)

IS (% ± SE)

Unirradiated control-MRS

0:100:100

84.22 ± 2.88a

  

Unirradiated control-SRS

0:100:100

86.22 ± 2.70a

  

Irradiated control-MRS#

100:0:100

19.14 ± 1.45b

  

Irradiated control-SRS#

100:0:100

20.85 ± 0.77b

  

♂ MRS#:♂SRS:♀SRS

100:100:100

61.07 ± 2.32c

0.58 ± 0.10

27.81 ± 3.79

♂SRS#:♂ MRS:♀SRS

100:100:100

61.79 ± 2.05c

0.59 ± 0.07

27.94 ± 2.21

  1. Significantly differences between hatch rates are indicated by different letters (Tukey’s posthoc test, P < 0.05)
  2. C competitiveness index, IS induced sterility, SE standard error, S♂ irradiated male, F♂ unirradiated male, F♀ virgin female
  3. #Irradiated male