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Table 2 Number of developmental stages of A. fasciculatus and their percentage weight loss

From: Susceptibility of processed and stored cassava, plantain, yam, and cocoyam to coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus De Geer)

Food media

Developmental stages

Percentage weight loss

Egg

Larvae

Pupae

Adult

Cassava

4.7 ± 0.88a

4.7 ± 0.88b

4.0 ± 1.00b

3.7 ± 0.67b

17.3 ± 2.73c

Cocoyam

2.7 ± 0.33a

0.0 ± 0.00a

0.0 ± 0.00a

0.0 ± 0.00a

0.0 ± 0.00a

Plantain

3.3 ± 0.67a

2.3 ± 1.33ab

2.7 ± 1.33ab

0.67 ± 0.33a

7.0 ± 1.15b

Yam

2.3 ± 0.88a

1.7 ± 1.20ab

1.7 ± 1.20ab

0.3 ± 0.33a

0.7 ± 0.33a

  1. Each data represents the mean ± 2σ of the three replicates. Mean followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different (p > 0.05) from each other by the new Duncan’s multiple range test
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