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Table 3 Percentage mortality of D. maculatus adults treated with V. amygdalina and T. diversifolia leaf powder

From: Responses of two plant-derived bioinsecticides as protectants of smoke-dried catfish, Clarias gariepinus [Pisces: Clariidae] against hide beetle, Dermestes maculatus (De Geer) [Coleoptera: Dermestidae]

Exposure time (hours)

Plant powders

Mortality percentage (mean ± SE)

Concentration (g)/100 g of smoked catfish

1

3

6

9

12

24

T. diversifolia

22.50 ± 1.35bc

37.50 ± 2.25bc

50.00 ± 3.04bc

57.50 ± 3.25bc

80.00 ± 3.04b

 

V. amygdalina

12.50 ± 1.35b

27.50 ± 2.25b

40.00 ± 2.04b

50.00 ± 3.04b

72.50 ± 3.35b

48

T. diversifolia

32.50 ± 2.35 cd

47.50 ± 2.25 cd

62.50 ± 3.35 cd

72.50 ± 3.25c

87.50 ± 3.2bc

 

V. amygdalina

27.50 ± 2.25c

40.00 ± 2.04bc

57.50 ± 3.25c

67.50 ± 3.25c

82.50 ± 3.35b

72

T. diversifolia

47.50 ± 3.25ef

62.50 ± 3.35de

77.50 ± 3.25ef

87.50 ± 3.25d

97.50 ± 2.25 cd

 

V. amygdalina

40.00 ± 2.04de

57.50 ± 3.25d

70.00 ± 3.04de

82.50 ± 3.35d

92.50 ± 3.35 cd

96

T. diversifolia

57.50 ± 3.25f

80.00 ± 3.04f

87.50 ± 3.25f

97.50 ± 2.25d

100.00 ± 0.00d

 

V. amygdalina

50.00 ± 3.04f

70.00 ± 3.04ef

82.50 ± 3.35f

92.50 ± 3.35d

97.50 ± 2.25d

 

Control

00.00 ± 0.00a

00.00 ± 0.00a

00.00 ± 0.00a

00.00 ± 0.00a

00.00 ± 0.00a

  1. Mean followed by the same letters within the same column are not significantly different (P >0.05)