Insecticidal activity of the essential oil from fruits and seeds of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi against African malaria vectors

Table 2 Overall percentage mortality response of both Anopheles gambiae ss and Culex quinquefasciatus exposed in different concentrations (ppm) of S.terebinthifolia in both laboratory and semi field environments for 72 hours

Study site	Mosquito species	Larval mortality (% mean mortality ± SE)
		202.15 ppm	404.30 ppm	808.60 ppm	1617.20 ppm	2625.20 ppm
Laboratory	An. gambiae ss	13.75 ± 1.20	20.5 ± 1.61	92.91 ± 0.95	93.13 ± 0.96	97.91 ± 0.27
	Cx. quinquefasciatus	0.5 ± 0.06	1.25 ± 0.15	74.37 ± 2.24	82.50 ± 1.89	96.75 ± 0.40
Chi-square test		χ ² = 11.34,P < 0.001	χ ² = 17.18, P < 0.001	χ ² = 11.24, P < 0.001	χ ² = 4.33, P = 0.047	χ ² = 0.005, P = 0.862
Semi field	An. gambiae ss	44.13 ± 0.97	51.96 ± 1.08	62.61 ± 1.01	81.03 ± 1.00	90.64 ± 0.79
	Cx. quinquefasciatus	30.78 ± 0.81	38.42 ± 0.96	50.88 ± 1.05	76.37 ± 1.21	89.54 ± 0.89
Chi-square test		χ² = 3.25,P = 0.589	χ² = 3.17, P = 0.062	χ ² = 2.34,P = 0.172	χ ² = 0.40, P = 0.420	χ ² = 0.001, P = 0.817

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