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Table 2 Toxicity of crude extracts of herbaceous plants against Spodoptera litura larvae

From: Toxicity and lethal effects of herbaceous plant crude extracts against Spodoptera litura

Herbaceous plants

Concentration (µg/ml)

Dosage (µl/3.8cm2)

Larval mortality (%)

Phyllanthus niruri

5

100

39 ± 1.00b (1.59)

Cyperus rotundus

5

100

36 ± 1.00b (1.56)

Euphorbia hirta

5

100

22 ± 0.58d (1.34)

Boerhavia diffusa

5

100

22 ± 1.53d (1.35)

Parthenium hysterophorus

5

100

26 ± 1.53c (1.42)

Cynodon dactylon

5

100

75 ± 1.00a (1.88)

Methanol (99.9%)

 

100

0e

Control (autoclaved water)

 

100

0e

S.Em ± 

0.04506

Variance

0.037

  1. Values in parenthesis are log10 transformed values and means values followed by same letter are significant with each other