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Table 3 Means for survival of Sitophilus granarius that were fed on the transgenic events and the non-transgenic cultivar crushed seeds in their diets for 21 days.

From: Development of transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) expressing avidin gene conferring resistance to stored product insects

line

0 day

7 days

14 days

21 days

Mean

AVD1

100a

69d

29 g

0 h

49.5

AVD2

100a

74c

32e

0 h

51.6

AVD3

100a

73c

32e

0 h

51.5

AVD4

100a

70d

30 fg

0 h

50

AVD5

100a

69d

31ef

0 h

50.25

AVD6

100a

70d

31ef

0 h

50.25

G168

100a

100a

98a

91b

97.5

Mean

100

75.3

40.6

13.04

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