Research Article

Chemical Composition and Insecticidal and Repellent Effect of Essential Oils of Two Premna Species against Sitotroga cerealella

Table 2

Rate of S. cerealella death, of emergence, of number of rice attacked (), and of weight loss () provoked by P. angolensis essential oil in contact method.

Dose (μL mL−1)Mortality Emerged (%) (%)

018.78 ± 0.07b85.71 ± 0.03a25.19 ± 2.41b22.726 ± 1.955b
390.12 ± 0.30a1.07 ± 0.06b0.37 ± 0.01c0.003 ± 0.048c
594.26 ± 0.17a0.40 ± 0.11c0.32 ± 0.020c0.046 ± 0.028c
10100 ± 0.00a0.33 ± 0.05cd0.26 ± 0.02c0.003 ± 0.024c
15100 ± 0.00a0.13 ± 0.10d0.15 ± 0.02c0.000 ± 0.020c
Probability<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
CV (%)13.7510.5818.7616.85

0: ethanol treatment (control); very highly significant difference (0.1%).
The averages followed by the same letter were not significantly different at the beginning of 5%.