The Journal of Insect Science: Volume 5/Article 46/Table 1

Table 1. Description of genes used for transcriptional evaluation

Stage of 4^th instar	2	3	6	7	8+
# hosts available for eggs	85	136	161	369**	-
% with parasitoid. eggs	38.8^A	18.6^B	2.48^C	0^D	-
Calculated stage of oviposition	3^rd instar or 4-1	4-1 or 4- 2	4-2 or 4- 3	-	-
# hosts available for parasitoid NP larvae	131	232	119	44	334
% with parasitoid NP larvae	32.8^a	33.2^a	16.8^b	7.3^c	0^d
Calculated stage of oviposition	3^rd instar	3^rd instar or 4-1	4-1 or 4-2	4-2 or 4-3

* Results are for a choice experiment in which all stages between 4-1 (4th instar, Stage 1) and 4-6 had been subjected to parasitism. For parasitoid eggs and for the non-penetrating (NP) parasitoid larva, host nymphs were examined 48 and 72 hours following parasitization, respectively. Parasitized nymphs with eggs and non-penetrating larvae beneath them were collected from 16 and 34 different whitefly-infested leaves, respectively. See Materials and Methods for details. The Chi Square Test of Independence followed by the Freeman-Tukey deviate test was used to determine if there were significant differences among percentages for each group, i.e., hosts with eggs and hosts with NP larvae, respectively (α ≤ 0.01). Percentages with different upper case letters were significantly different. Similarly, percentages with different lower case letters were significantly different.
** = Stage 7 or higher