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Table 5 Termite-induced weight loss in wood from seven plant species treated A. indica, J. curcas, and Solignum

From: Termiticidal activity of oil from Jatropha curcas L. and Azadirachta indica A. Juss against Coptotermes sjostedti Holmgren (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Termiticide	Conc	Weight loss (%)
Termiticide	Conc	AT	GA	BN	PB	PA	TS	CP
A. indica	5	17.33 ± 1.45b	20.00 ± 2.88b	13.33 ± 1.67b	23.33 ± 3.01b	15.00 ± 2.88b	8.00 ± 1.58b	26.67 ± 3.82b
	10	8.67 ± 0.8 d	10.00 ± 1.16c	6.68 ± 1.33c	16.67 ± 2.41c	13.33 ± 1.66c	6.00 ± 0.57c	18.33 ± 2.66c
	15	6.50 ± 1.68de	6.67 ± 0.33d	6.68 ± 1.33c	6.67 ± 0.67e	7.33 ± 0.33d	4.67 ± 0.66d	10.67 ± 0.66d
J. curcas	5	12.33 ± 2.33c	11.67 ± 0.67c	10.00 ± 2.88bc	13.33 ± 4.09d	11.67 ± 2.67cd	8.00 ± 1.52b	18.33 ± 2.66c
	10	5.20 ± 2.16efg	4.10 ± 2.56def	3.67 ± 1.66de	4.67 ± 1.76fg	4.67 ± 1.67f	4.00 ± 1.57de	6.00 ± 2.88ef
	15	4.00 ± 1.58g	3.67 ± 0.87f	3.17 ± 1.33de	4.00 ± 1.00g	3.33 ± 3.88fg	3.83 ± 0.33e	4.68 ± 0.56f
Solignum	5	4.67 ± 2.82f	3.94 ± 0.86f	4.33 ± 0.33d	6.67 ± 1.67e	6.67 ± 1.66e	6.33 ± 1.33c	7.00 ± 1.00e
	10	4.17 ± 1.67fg	3.90 ± 0.68f	3.03 ± 0.67e	4.67 ± 0.00fg	4.00 ± 1.00fg	3.80 ± 1.02e	5.33 ± 0.66fg
	15	4.07 ± 0.67g	3.20 ± 1.57f	3.00 ± 0.58e	4.33 ± 0.33g	3.67 ± 0.56g	3.67 ± 0.66e	4.60 ± 0.33g
Control	0	46.33 ± 5.64a	51.67 ± 3.67a	45.00 ± 5.00a	50.28 ± 2.88a	46.67 ± 3.33a	35.00 ± 5.74a	65.20 ± 2.88a
P		< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

AT, Antiaria toxicera; GA, Gmelina arborea; BN, Baphia nitida; PB, Parkia biglobosa; PA, Pycnanhus angolensis; TS, Terminalia superba; CP, Ceiba pentandra; Data (%) were transformed (arcsine) before the analysis of variance; Means (± Standard error) are values of four replicates; Means with the same lower case alphabet in a column are not significantly different from each other (DNMRT: P > 0.05); ^bconcentration (mL/ 100 m³ of wood surface); P, Probability value

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