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Table 2 The residual effects of the botanicals and synthetic chemical on B. dorsalis larvae

From: Insecticidal activity of crude extracts of three spices and commercial botanical pesticide on oriental fruit fly under laboratory conditions

Time after application (min)

Treatments

20

40

60

80

100

120

1440

P. guineense

0.00

0.00b

0.33b

1.67a

1.33b

0.67b

1.00b

A. melegueta

0.00

0.00b

0.67a

0.67b

0.67b

1.33a

1.33b

Z. officinale

0.00

0.00b

0.33b

0.00c

1.67a

0.67

2.33a

6% azadirachtin

0.00

0.00b

0.33b

1.67a

0.67b

1.67a

1.00b

Cypermethrin

0.00

0.67a

0.00b

1.00b

2.33a

1.00ab

0.00c

Control

0.00

0.00b

0.00b

0.00c

0.00c

0.00c

0.00c

  1. Means with the same letter within the same column do not differ statistically (p < 0.05) by Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD)