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Table 5 Toxicities of V. amygdalina and T. diversifolia extracts on percentage inhibition, weight loss and adult emergence of D. maculatus

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]

Conc. (g)

Plant extracts

Mean number of surviving larvae ± SE

% adult emergence ± SE

% IR ± SE

% Weight loss ± SE

1

T. diversifolia

1.00 ± 0.04a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

 

V. amygdalina

2.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

3

T. diversifolia

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00c

0.00 ± 0.00a

 

V. amygdalina

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

6

T. diversifolia

0.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

 

V. amygdalina

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

9

T. diversifolia

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

 

V. amygdalina

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

12

T. diversifolia

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00b

0.00 ± 0.00a

 

V. amygdalina

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

100.00 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.0

Control

20.00 ± 2.04b

87.50 ± 3.25b

0.00 ± 0.00a

67.50 ± 3.25b

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