Table 4: Mean (±SE) length of right hind tibia of female adult A. ervi produced from (A) APV infected and APV free aphids lacking H. defensa and (B) female adult A. ervi produced from APV infected and APV free aphids with or without H. defensa/APSE-2.
A) Line
Infection Status
N
Mean Tibia Length (µm) ± SE
DF
t-value
p-value
ND18 APV- / No Ham 30 911.92 ± 8.41 57.34 2.38 0.021*
APV+ / No Ham 30 881.96 ± 9.31
WI246-8 APV- / No Ham 30 878.69 ± 8.27 46.43 3.41 0.001*
APV+ / No Ham 20 833.32 ± 10.44
WI576N-27 APV- / No Ham 30 903.20 ± 8.71 42.42 0.95 0.346
APV+ / No Ham 23 899.09 ± 11.97
B)
5D-AB APV- / No Ham 23 865.38 ± 12.00 a 3 3.26 0.025*
5D-AB+APV APV+ / No Ham 20 816.87 ± 12.87 b
5D-AB.H2 APV- / APSE-2 21 860.62 ± 12.56 ab
5D-AB.H2+APV APV+ / APSE-2 22 862.23 ± 12.27 ab