Research Article

Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Table of an Alarming Quarantine Pest Trogoderma granarium on Stored Products

Table 1

Biological traits of Trogoderma granarium on different diets.

TraitsDiets
WheatBarleyRiceMaize

Egg (d)baba
First instar (d)aabb
Second instar (d)baba
Third instar (d)baba
Fourth instar (d)bbaa
Fifth instar (d)bbba
Pupa (d)aabb
Male (d)aabb
Female (d)abbb
APOP/APRP (d)bbaa
TPOP/TPRP (d)baba
Oviposition (d)abab
Fecundity (d)a26.21 ± 1.49abb

APOP: adult preoviposition period of a female adult; APRP: adult prereproduction period of a female adult; TPOP: total preoviposition period of female counted from birth; TPRP: total prereproduction period of female counted from birth; d: days. Using the bootstrap test means that the same row followed by the same superscript letter is not significantly different ().