Acute Oral Mammalian Toxicity and Effect of Solvents on Efficacy of Maerua edulis (Gilg. & Ben.) De Wolf against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus Koch, 1844 (Acarina: Ixodidae), Tick Larvae

Table 2

Comparison of least square mean (LSM) mortalities of tick larvae from cold water plus surfactant and hot water plus surfactant extracted M. edulis treatments.

Treatment	Concentration (%)	Mortality ranks
		24 h	48 h
Cold water + surfactant	5	54.1	73.1
	10	62.0	46.7
	20	73.9	47.0
	25	63.9	72.1
Hot water + surfactant	5	128.9	107.4
	10	132.7	120.8
	20	132.0	113.5
	25	138.9	113.0

Note: within a column, means with different superscripts differ significantly ().