The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 5 Effect of X-ray irradiation on percent seed damage and flour production caused by S. zeamais Motschulsky

From: Effect of X-ray irradiation on the F₁ generation of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky and the germination rate of maize grain

X-ray exposure dose (KeV)	% Damage	Quantity of flour (g/ 20 g maize)
Yellow maize
60.00	22.95 ± 1.50^a	1.855 ± 0.00^a
70.00	23.33 ± 0.05^a	1.924.00 ± 0.00^a
80.00	23.33 ± 1.80^a	2.00 ± 0.00^a
Control^*	31.71 ± 4.70^a	2.14 ± 0.00^a
Flour maize
60.00	17.67 ± 1.00^a	1.505 ± 0.001^a
70.00	18.19 ± 2.50^a	1.621 ± 0.00^a
80.00	17.24 ± 3.02^a	1.895 ± 0.00^a
Control^*	24.29 ± 0.05^a	2.021 ± 0.00^a
Dent maize
60.00	24.76 ± 4.00^a	2.232 ± 0.001^a
70.00	18.10 ± 5.00^a	1.892 ± 0.00^a
80.00	28.10 ± 1.10^a	2.026 ± 0.00^a
Control^*	32.29 ± 2.50^a	2.026 ± 0.001^a

Data are means ± SEM of three replications
Mean values in a column with same letter are not significantly different by LSD (α = 0.05)
^* Not irradiated with X-ray

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