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Table 1 Total abundance of arthropod communities per plot across all sample dates

From: Impact assessment of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant cotton on arthropod communities

Functional group

Main orders

2019

2020

GGK2

K312

P value

GGK2

K312

P value

Arthropod

14 944.7 ± 1 555.5

17 214.0 ± 1 520.9

0.908

14 108.3 ± 1 148.3

14 029.0 ± 819.7

0.620

Predatory

1 131.0 ± 231.1

1 196.0 ± 76.5

0.419

1 104.0 ± 138.8

1 081.3 ± 89.9

0.710

Main orders of predatory

Araneae

660.0 ± 83.2

690.0 ± 63.3

0.017

545.3 ± 79.2

588.7 ± 22.9

0.988

 

Coleoptera

10.3 ± 4.5

12.7 ± 2.1

0.037

82.3 ± 31.9

62.7 ± 25.4

0.894

 

Hemiptera

375.7 ± 117.8

420.7 ± 19.3

0.455

275.0 ± 47.6

235.7 ± 31.3

0.425

 

Neuroptera

83.7 ± 40.5

71.7 ± 10.0

0.895

196.0 ± 19.7

192.0 ± 51.1

0.986

Parasitic

107.0 ± 39.8

149.7 ± 12.2

0.117

66.0 ± 33.0

53.3 ± 4.7

0.972

Main orders of parasitic

Hymenoptera

107.0 ± 39.8

149.7 ± 12.2

0.117

66.0 ± 33.0

53.3 ± 4.7

0.972

Herbivorous

13 675.3 ± 1 309.8

15 850.7 ± 1 610.0

0.877

12 929.3 ± 1 272.3

12 890.7 ± 913.7

0.892

Main orders of herbivorous

Trombidiformes

67.7 ± 8.1

46.3 ± 38.7

0.946

33.0 ± 17.8

6.3 ± 4.2

0.041

 

Coleoptera

236.7 ± 51.7

340.0 ± 91.3

0.346

325.7 ± 71.9

405.3 ± 43.5

0.046

 

Hemiptera

9 496.7 ± 903.2

11 563.7 ± 1 610.4

0.993

10 714.7 ± 1 534.0

10 614.3 ± 943.7

0.672

 

Lepidoptera

29.0 ± 8.9

29.7 ± 11.2

0.955

102.0 ± 24.6

84.0 ± 37.4

0.164

 

Psocoptera

527.3 ± 117.2

544.0 ± 74.9

0.071

382.3 ± 21.4

418.3 ± 60.4

0.425

 

Thysanoptera

3 317.7 ± 542.6

3 326.7 ± 282.8

0.325

1 371.7 ± 304.4

1 362.3 ± 182.6

0.546

Neutral

31.3 ± 14.6

17.7 ± 2.1

0.331

9.0 ± 10.4

3.7 ± 2.1

0.407

  1. Values are shown as mean ± SD. Significant differences based on repeated-measures ANOVA between GGK2 and K312