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Table 3 Effect of the tested essential oils and nano-oils on eggs number laid per female and % of adult emergence (F1) of T. castaneum during storage periods

From: Efficacy of nano-formulated certain essential oils on the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum and confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) under laboratory and storage conditions

Tested materials

Means no. of eggs /♀±S.E.

% adult emergence (F1)

%. of emerged adult malformation.

Nano , Coriander

7.4±3.89

1

100

Nano black seed oil

61.4±7.81

21

40

Nano Janesville

29.4±1.87

12

89

Nano caraway

10.9±8.21

4

99

Control

299.4±1.88

100

0

F test

37.7

Lsd5%

18.9