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Table 3 Stage-specific pooled life table (Mean ± SE of 3 observations) for 3 cohorts (n = 100) of S. obliqua Walker on sesame (S. indicum) variety: Shubhra cultivated during 2019

From: Population ecology and economic thresholds-based time series for climate smart pest management of Spilosoma obliqua Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) on three sesame cultivars

Stage

lx

dx

qx

sx

Lx

Tx

kx

ex

Egg-0

1.000 ± 0.000

0.143 ± 0.005

0.143 ± 0.005

0.857 ± 0.005

0.929 ± 0.003

6.519 ± 0.132

0.067 ± 0.003

6.519 ± 0.132

lnst- I -1

0.857 ± 0.005

0.044 ± 0,002a

0.051 ± 0.002a

0.949 ± 0.002a

0.835 ± 0.006

5.591 ± 0.129

0.023 ± 0.001a

6.521 ± 0.110

lnst- II-2

0.813 ± 0.007

0.044 ± 0,002a

0.054 ± 0.003a

0.946 ± 0.003a

0.792 ± 0.008

4.755 ± 0.123

0.024 ± 0.001a

5.844 ± 0.100

lnst- III-3

0.770 ± 0.009

0.056 ± 0.002

0.072 ± 0.004b

0.928 ± 0.004b

0.742 ± 0.010

3.964 ± 0.115

0.033 ± 0.002b

5.147 ± 0.091

lnst- IV-4

0.714 ± 0.011

0.060 ± 0.002

0.083 ± 0.004

0.917 ± 0.004

0.684 ± 0.012

3.222 ± 0.105

0.038 ± 0.002

4.508 ± 0.079

lnst- V-5

0.655 ± 0.013

0.048 ± 0.002

0.073 ± 0.004b

0.927 ± 0.004b

0.631 ± 0.014

2.537 ± 0.093

0.033 ± 0.002b

3.873 ± 0.065

lnst- VI-6

0.607 ± 0.015

0.075 ± 0.003

0.125 ± 0.008

0.875 ± 0.008

0.569 ± 0.016

1.906 ± 0.079

0.058 ± 0.004

3.138 ± 0.054

Prepup-7

0.532 ± 0.018

0.016 ± 0.001

0.030 ± 0.002

0.970 ± 0.002

0.524 ± 0.018

1.337 ± 0.063

0.013 ± 0.001

2.512 ± 0.035

Pup-8

0.516 ± 0.018

0.087 ± 0.003

0.170 ± 0.013

0.830 ± 0.013

0.472 ± 0.020

0.813 ± 0.045

0.081 ± 0.007

1.575 ± 0.031

Adult-9

0.428 ± 0.022

0.175 ± 0.007

0.411 ± 0.037

0.589 ± 0.037

0.341 ± 0.025

0.341 ± 0.025

0.232 ± 0.027

0.794 ± 0.018

  1. Within the column means followed by same letter(s) are not significantly different at P < 0.05 by Tukey’s (HSD) test