BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Effects of infection by Metarhizium anisopliae GZP-1 on male and female Glossina fuscipes fuscipes ability to acquire Trypanosoma congolense after 4 days post-exposure. Only M. anisopliae GZP-1 was used for this study

From: Metarhizium anisopliae infection reduces Trypanosoma congolense reproduction in Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and its ability to acquire or transmit the parasite

Treatments	Sex ratio	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
GZP-1	% Male	100a	50a	30a	20a
GZP-1	% Female	90a	60a	40a	30a
χ²		0.85	1.47	2.31	3.24
P value		0.3558	0.2249	0.1282	0.07186
Control	% Male	100a	90a	70a	50a
Control	% Female	100a	90a	80a	60a
χ²		0.00	0.00	1.08	1.47
P value		1.00	1.00	0.2987	0.2249

Within columns and for each treatment, means followed by the same lower case letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05 (Chi-square test)

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