Research Article

Ruta chalepensis L. Essential Oil Has a Biological Potential for a Natural Fight against the Pest of Stored Foodstuffs: Tribolium castaneum Herbst

Table 4

Equation of regression lines, regression coefficients, and lethal dose 50 (LD50) values evaluated for the 4 incubation durations tested.

Time (h)Equation of regressionR2LogdoseDL50 (μl/ml)

12Y = 1.8787x + 5.65610.8126−0.3490.447
24Y = 3.0405x + 6.79470.6485−0.5900.257
36Y = 3.5151x + 7.44970.7067−0.6970.201
48Y = 4.5358x + 8.41420.8156−0.7530.176