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Table 3 Effects of the dietary treatments on pupae weight, larva-pupal phase duration and pupae score

From: Isoenergetic-practical and semi-purified diets for protein requirement determination in Hermetia illucens larvae: consequences on life history traits

Parameters

Dietary treatments

SEM

P -value

GA

CP10

CP14

CP16

CP19

Weight, g

0.188a

0.194a

0.172b

0.174b

0.004

0.000

0.154

L-P duration, d

21.11bc

21.80a

20.88c

21.57ab

0.104

0.000

16.43

Score

3.98

3.98

3.95

3.99

0.206

0.206

3.80

  1. Legend: L-P larva-pupal phase duration (n° of days), CP10 10% CP diet, CP14 14% CP diet, CP16 16% CP diet, CP19 19% CP diet, GA Gainesville diet.
  2. Means with different superscript letters (a, b, c) within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)