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Table 1 Larvicidal and adulticidal activities of bay essential oil on M. domestica

From: Biocontrol efficacy of bay essential oil against housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Essential oil

LC50 (mg/ml)# (mg/dm3)##

95% confidential limit (LC50)

Regression equation

LC90 (mg/ml)# (mg/dm3)##

Chi square

LCL

UCL

Larvicidal

4

3.48

4.45

y = 0.245 − 0.98x

9.231

4.37*(5)

Adulticidal

43.03

34.833

50.866

Y = 0.31 − 1.33X

84.42

8.051*(5)

  1. Each value represents the mean of five replicates. LC50 and LC90 are lethal concentrations at which 50% and 90% population dies, respectively. *Significant at p < 0.001. #Unit used for larval mortality; ##Unit used for adulticidal assay. The mortality rate of larvae or adult flies in control sets was negligible when compared with the treatment assays
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