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Table 2 Percent (%) inhibition repellency of the adult houseflies by different doses of the EO using the fumigation method

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

Dose (μl/0.25 l of air)

% IR

LD50 (μl/0.25 l of air)

95% confidential limit (LC50)

Regression equation

LD90 (μl/0.25 l of air)

Chi square

LCL

UCL

20

14

      

40

22

60

44

64.09

55.79

73.58

Y = 0.032x − 2.040

104.35

9.44*(5)

80

68

      

100

88

  1. Each value represents the mean of five replicates. LC50 and LC90 are lethal concentrations at which 50% and 90% population dies, respectively. df degree of freedom. *Significant at p < 0.001. Negligible repellency or inhibition rate was observed for the control set
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