Effect of different lethal temperature assay methods on thermal tolerance plasticity of three different breeds of mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L.)

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 5 Effect of different assay protocols on upper lethal temperatures of silkworm breeds

Breed	Upper lethal temperatures	One-way ramping	Plunging	Two-way ramping
F1	ULT50	40.5 ± 0.729	40.1 ± 0.718	40.9 ± 0.733
F1	ULT25	43.5 ± 0.844	43.2 ± 0.862	43.8 ± 0.799
BV	ULT50	37.8 ± 0.606	37.5 ± 0.596	38.2 ± 0.61
BV	ULT25	40.8 ± 0.849	40.4 ± 0.862	41.3 ± 0.82
NP	ULT50	39.3 ± 0.678	38.9 ± 0.665	39.6 ± 0.688
NP	ULT25	42.3 ± 0.762	41.9 ± 0.771	42.6 ± 0.728

Values are means ± SEM, n = 27 per treatment group. Means in a row without a common superscript letter differ (p < 0.05) as analysed by one-way ANOVA and the Tukey test