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Table 3 Effect of basil oil and petitgrain mandarin oil on number of emerged progeny and reduction percentages of S. oryzae

From: Potential of selected plant essential oils in management of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and Rhiyzopertha dominica (F.) on wheat grains

 

Concentration (mg/kg)

Mean of emerged progeny ± SE

% Reduction

Basil oil

1000

106 ± 4.61 bc

26.38

2000

93 ± 2.88 bcd

35.41

4000

77 ± 7.79 de

46.52

6000

53 ± 1.73 efg

63.19

8000

25 ± 2.88 h

82.63

10,000

21 ± 1.73 h

85.41

20,000

14 ± 2.30 h

90.72

Petitgrain mandarin oil

1000

119 ± 6.35 ab

17.36

2000

103 ± 8.6bcd

28.47

4000

91 ± 6.35 cd

36.80

6000

79 ± 79.0 de

45.13

8000

54 ± 2.3 ef

62.50

10,000

36 ± 3.46 fgh

75.00

20,000

27 ± 2.88 gh

81.25

Control

 

144 ± 7.50 a

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