Insecticidal efficacy of nano zeolite against Tribolium confusum (Col., Tenebrionidae) and Callosobruchus maculatus (Col., Bruchidae)

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Effect of nano zeolite (40–45 nm) against T. confusum adults at different dose rates

Nano zeolite dose (ppm)	Mortality (M ± SE) after exposure time (days)
Nano zeolite dose (ppm)	1	2	3	7	14
800	20.0 ± 2.73a	32.55 ± 2.31a	39.42 ± 4.45a	62.09 ± 10.67a	96.66 ± 3.33a
700	15.0 ± 1.58b	23.63 ± 2.19b	24.40 ± 2.31b	49.79 ± 1.60ab	92.0 ± 4.89a
600	10.0 ± 1.58c	16.62 ± 1.67c	23.33 ± 2.52b	41.61 ± 1.90bc	80.23 ± 2.95b
500	0.0d	0.0d	15.0 ± 1.58c	32.91 ± 1.15cd	66.66 ± 1.65c
250	0.0d	0.0d	10.0 ± 1.58c	24.54 ± 3.00d	37.38 ± 3.79d
Control	0.0d	0.0d	0.0d	5.0 ± 1.58e	5.21 ± 1.58e
F value	37.200**	93.814**	30.254**	18.078**	118.683**

Mean (±SE) values with different letters within the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05) (ANOVA) (Duncan test)
^**Highly significant