Toxicity of Nanoparticles against Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Table 2

Mortality of larvae of Drosophila melanogaster due to 72-hour feeding on different concentrations of the silver and sulfur nanoparticles of plant origin and subsequent mortality to pupae succeeded in development.

Nanoparticle	Plant	% Mean larval mortality				% Total mean larval mortality^1 per treatment	% Total mean pupal mortality^1 per treatment
		Concentration (ppm)
		10	50	100	200
Silver (Ag)	Fig	0.0a	13.3bc	13.3b	93.3b	30.0b	49.2d
	Loquat	0.0a	6.7ab	13.3b	20.0a	10.0a	46.7cd
	Mulberry	0.0a	20.0c	26.7c	100.0b	36.7b	40.8b
	Olive	43.3b	73.3d	93.3d	100.0b	77.5c	42.5b
	Pistachio	0.0a	0.0a	6.7ab	10.0a	4.2a	21.7abc
Sulfur (S)	Citrus	0.0a	0.0a	0.0a	0.0a	0.0a	19.2ab
Control (water)						1.7a	0.0a
LSD		11.77				20.0	26.55

Values followed by the same letter within a row are not significantly different ().
¹Values followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different ().