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Table 2 Effect of different tested materials indirectly on the biological aspects of Chrysoperla carnea

From: Efficacy of cinnamon oil and its active ingredient (cinnamaldehyde) on the cotton mealy bug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley and the predator Chrysoperla carnea

Tested materials

Average period of different developmental larval instars (in days)

Total larval stage

Pupal stage

Egg laying %

1st

2nd

3rd

Cinnamon oil

3.17 ± 0.2

2.96 ± 0.2

3.67 ± 0.2

9.8 ± 0.2

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Cinnamaladyde

3.33 ± 0.3

2.98 ± 0.2

3.83 ± 0.4

10.14 ± 0.2

11.67 ± 0.3

100

Control

3.26 ± 0.2

2.83 ± 0.2

3.33 ± 0.2

9.42 ± 0.2

9.67 ± 0.3

100