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Table 1 Mortality of bees exposed to paraquat from low and high mite-infested colonies

From: Potassium ion channels as a molecular target to reduce virus infection and mortality of honey bee colonies

 

LT50 (Hours; 95% CI)

 

Low mites

High mites

0.1 mg/mL

82 (51–99) Aa

169 (142–177) Ba

0.5 mg/mL

66 (52–80) Ab

99 (71–136) Bb

1 mg/mL

54 (38–70) Ab

52 (22–84) Ac

2 mg/mL

49 (42–56) Ab

47 (38–63) Ac

  1. Low mite-infested colonies were defined as < 3 mites/100 bees and high mite-infested colonies were defined as > 8 mites/100 bees. The uppercase letters represent statistical significance within the row (low vs. high mite) and lowercase letters represent statistical significance within the column (paraquat concentrations). Rows or columns not labeled by the same letter represents statistical significance at P < 0.05 as determined by a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey’s post-test
  2. LT50: time required to elicit 50% mortality