Sex affects the infection frequencies of symbionts in Bemisia tabaci

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Table 1. Diversity and infection frequencies of symbionts in the five host plant-adapted but genetically similar sub-populations of B. tabaci B biotype

		Infection Frequency (%) By
Population	Sex	RHC	RH	RC	HC	R	H	C
Cotton	♀	4.2	8.3	4.2	87.5	8.3	87.5	100.0
	♂	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.0
Cucumber	♀	25.0	79.2	25.0	25.0	100.0	79.2	25.0
	♂	-	-	-	-	16.7	-	25.0
Cabbage	♀	79.2	79.2	87.5	91.7	87.5	91.7	100.0
	♂	-	-	66.7	-	66.7	-	100.0
Tomato	♀	91.7	100.0	91.7	91.7	100.0	100.0	91.7
	♂	-	8.3	-	-	83.3	25.0	29.2
Poinsettia	♀	-	-	-	70.8	-	100.0	70.8
	♂	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.0

Table 2. Impacts of sex on the diversity and infection frequency of S-symbionts in the five host plant-adapted but genetically similar sub-populations of B. tabaci B biotype*

	Infection Frequency (%) By
Sex	RHC		RH		RC		HC		R	H	C
	exp	obs	exp	obs	exp	obs	exp	obs
♀	42.1a	40.0Aa	54.3a	53.3Aa	45.9a	41.7Aa	71.1a	73.3Aa	59.2A	91.7A	77.5A
♂	0.7a	0.0Ba	1.7a	1.7Ba	13.6a	13.3Ba	2.0a	0.0Ba	33.3B	5.0B	40.8B

* The frequencies sharing the same upper case letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05 (multiple comparisons with Bonferroni corrections). The expected (exp) and observed (obs) co-infection frequencies that share the same lower case letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05 (nonparametric tests χ2).

Table 3. Impacts of host plant on the diversity and infection frequency of S-symbionts in the five host plant-adapted but genetically similar sub-populations of B. tabaci B biotype*

	Infection Frequency (%) By
Host plant	RHC		RH		RC		HC		R	H	C
	exp	obs	exp	obs	exp	obs	exp	obs
Cotton	1.1a	2.1Ba	1.8a	4.2Ba	2.6a	2.1Ca	27.4a	43.8Aa	4.2C	43.8A	62.5B
Cucumber	5.8a	12.5Ba	23.1a	39.6Aa	14.6a	12.5Ca	9.9a	12.5Ba	58.4B	39.6A	25.0C
Cabbage	35.4a	39.6Aa	35.4a	39.6Aa	77.1a	77.1Aa	45.9a	45.9Aa	77.1AB	45.9A	100.0A
Tomato	34.7a	45.9Aa	57.3a	54.2Aa	55.5a	45.9Ba	37.8a	45.9Aa	91.7A	62.5A	60.5B
Poinsettia	0.0a	0.0Ba	0.0a	0.0Ba	0.0a	0.0Ca	24.0a	35.4ABa	0.0C	50.0A	47.9BC

* The frequencies sharing the same upper case letter are not significantly different at p < 0.005 (multiple comparisons with Bonferroni corrections). The expected (exp) and observed (obs) co-infection frequencies that share the same lower case letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05 (nonparametric tests χ2).