The Journal of Insect Science: Volume 3/Article 28/Table 3

Table 3. Effect of Bemisia argentifolii instar parasitized on the size of Encarsia formosa.

host instar parasitized	Body size of the parasitoid (mm ± S.E.)
	1^st instar	2^nd instar	3^rd instar	Pupa	Adult
1st	0.20 ± 0.03^a	0.41 ± 0.03^a	0.64 ± 0.07^a	0.64 ± 0.04^a	0.25 ± 0.01^a
2nd	0.22 ± 0.03^a	0.45 ± 0.05^a	0.66 ± 0.04^a	0.65 ± 0.04^a	0.26 ± 0.02^a
3rd	0.30 ± 0.05^a	0.49 ± 0.05^a	0.69 ± 0.05^a	0.68 ± 0.05^a	0.28 ± 0.04^a
4th	0.28 ± 0.03^a	0.48 ± 0.06^a	0.67 ± 0.06^a	0.66 ± 0.03^a	0.27 ± 0.03^a

Mean length of larvae and mean adult head width were used to compare parasitoid size. Each value represents the mean ± S. E. of three replications. For each replication, n Greater than or equal to

10. A one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey's HSD post hoc test ( alpha

0.05) was used to determine if there were significant differences in mean parasitoid larval and pupal body length and for adults, mean head width, based on the B. tabaci instar parasitized. Means in the same column followed by the same letter are not significantly different.