Treatment | number of adelgids per 20mm2 | % adelgid survival | number of eggs per adult | biomass (mg) of new hemlock growth | |
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Fertilized | |||||
before infestation | 13.7 ± 4.1a | 72.5 ± 17.6a | 186.7 ± 28.7a | 69.7 ± 9.5a | |
at infestation | 14.1 ± 3.9a | 79.7 ± 16.7a | 198.2 ± 29.3a | 66.1 ± 10.8a | |
Unfertilized | 2.7 ± 1.1b | 31.3 ± 8.6b | 88.6 ± 14.3b | 85.8 ± 11.3b |
↵1 Means (±SD) in each column followed by different letters differ significantly (p = 0.001) by ANOVA.