The Effects of Boric Acid Sugar Bait on Wolbachia Trans-Infected Male Aedes albopictus (ZAP Males®) in Laboratory Conditions
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
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Wild | ZAP | |||||||
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Mean (SE) | t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | Mean (SE) | t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | |||
C | T | C | T | |||||
24 h | 0.35 (0.19) | 15.57 (1.31) | −7.04 | <0.0001 | 1.61 (0.41) | 26.91 (1.73) | −10.63 | <0.0001 |
48 h | 1.44 (0.38) | 77.81 (2.94) | −14.87 | <0.0001 | 3.26 (0.60) | 94.44 (3.24) | −18.21 | <0.0001 |
72 h | 3.38 (0.60) | 96.98 (3.28) | −18.65 | <0.0001 | 5.14 (0.75) | 99.57 (3.33) | −19.80 | <0.0001 |
Wild | ZAP | |||||||
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Control | Treatment | Control | Treatment | |||||
t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | |
24 h/48 h | −2.39 | 0.02 | −17.4 | <0.0001 | −2.27 | 0.03 | −17.2 | <0.0001 |
48 h/72 h | −2.72 | 0.008 | −4.34 | <0.0001 | −1.98 | 0.05 | −1.1 | 0.27 |
Treatment | Control | |||
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t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | t-Value (df = 86) | p-Value | |
24 h | −5.18 | <0.0001 | −2.59 | 0.01 |
48 h | −3.78 | 0.0003 | −2.58 | 0.01 |
72 h | −0.55 | 0.58 | −1.86 | 0.07 |
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Aryaprema, V.S.; Qualls, W.A.; Dobson, K.L.; Dobson, S.L.; Xue, R.-D. The Effects of Boric Acid Sugar Bait on Wolbachia Trans-Infected Male Aedes albopictus (ZAP Males®) in Laboratory Conditions. Insects 2022, 13, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010001
Aryaprema VS, Qualls WA, Dobson KL, Dobson SL, Xue R-D. The Effects of Boric Acid Sugar Bait on Wolbachia Trans-Infected Male Aedes albopictus (ZAP Males®) in Laboratory Conditions. Insects. 2022; 13(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleAryaprema, Vindhya S., Whitney A. Qualls, Karen L. Dobson, Stephen L. Dobson, and Rui-De Xue. 2022. "The Effects of Boric Acid Sugar Bait on Wolbachia Trans-Infected Male Aedes albopictus (ZAP Males®) in Laboratory Conditions" Insects 13, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010001