Open Access
Table 1
Experimental design for the evaluation of various factors and the daily feeding schedule for Aedes albopictus in Experiment 1. The standard regime used ground ingredients. Treatments with an (*) used the same trays.
| Factors evaluated | Description | Diet preparation | IAEA larval diet: quantity in mg per larva per day (volume in mL for 18,000 larvae) |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 (Friday) | Day 2 (Saturday) | Day 3 (Sunday) | Day 4 (Monday) | Day 5 (Tuesday) | Day 6 (Wednesday) | Total | First sorting time | |||
| Standard regime | 4% (w/v) | 0.11 (50) | 0.22 (100) | 0.44 (200) | 0.44 (200) | 0.33 (150) | 0.11 (50) | 1.65 (750) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) | |
| Diet particle size | Ground ingredients | 6% (w/v) | 0.23 (60) | 0.23 (60) | 0.83 (250) | 0 | 1.26 (380) | 1.26 (380) | 3.81 (1130) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) |
| Unground ingredients | 6% (w/v) | 0.23 (60) | 0.23 (60) | 0.83 (250) | 0 | 1.26 (380) | 1.26 (380) | 3.81 (1130) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) | |
| Mosquito strain | Rimini* strain | 6% (w/v) | 0.17 (50) | 0.33 (100) | 0.67 (200) | 0.67 (200) | 0.5 (150) | 0.17 (50) | 2.51 (750) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) |
| Guangzhou strain | 6% (w/v) | 0.17 (50) | 0.33 (100) | 0.67 (200) | 0.67 (200) | 0.5 (150) | 0.17 (50) | 2.51 (750) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) | |
| Feeding regime | Regime 1 | 6% (w/v) | 0.22 (100) | 0.44 (200) | 0.88 (200 + 200) | 0 | 0 | 0.44 (200) | 1.98 (900) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) |
| Regime 2 | 6% (w/v) | 0.23 (60) | 0.23 (60) | 0.83 (250) | 0 | 1.26 (380) | 1.26 (380) | 3.81 (1130) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) | |
| Regime 3* | 6% (w/v) | 0.17 (50) | 0.33 (100) | 0.67 (200) | 0.67 (200) | 0.5 (150) | 0.17 (50) | 2.51 (750) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) | |
| Sex sorting time after onset pupation | 24 h* | 6% (w/v) | 0.17 (50) | 0.33 (100) | 0.67 (200) | 0.67 (200) | 0.5 (150) | 0.17 (50) | 2.51 (750) | Day 6, 11 am (24 h) |
| 48 h | 6% (w/v) | 0.17 (50) | 0.33 (100) | 0.67 (200) | 0.67 (200) | 0.5 (150) | 0.17 (50) | 2.51 (750) | Day 7, 11 am (48 h) | |
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.