A Nonhost Peptidase Inhibitor of ~14 kDa from Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. Seeds Affects Negatively the Growth and Developmental Physiology of Helicoverpa armigera

Table 4

Nutritional indices for H. armigera fourth-instar larvae fed on BmPI and control diet (𝑛=52).

Nutritional indices; [relative change]	Treatment		Food consumption/larvae (mg dry weight basis)		Fecal production/larvae (mg dry weight basis)
	Control	BmPI (0.10% w/w)	Control	BmPI (0.10% w/w)	Control	BmPI (0.10% w/w)
ECI (%) [43.23]	35.34 ± 0.50	20.06 ± 0.45	4.81	5.8	—	—
AD (%) [26.37]	70.67 ± 1.23	89.31 ± 1.12	—	—	—	—
ECD (%) [53.88]	50.03 ± 1.34	23.07 ± 1.14	—	—	1.41	0.62
MC (%) [54.01]	49.95 ± 0.97	76.93 ± 0.76	—	—	—	—

ECI: efficiency of conversion of ingested food; ECD: efficiency of conversion of digested food; AD: approximate digestibility; MC: metabolic cost; n: number of larvae taken for study at each concentration.