Research Article

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

Table 3

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

Dose (μL mL−1)MortalityEmerged (%) (%)

010.82 ± 0.17d89.62 ± 0.01a25.44 ± 0.93b24.31 ± 0.28b
357.96 ± 0.05c2.10 ± 0.04b0.61 ± 0.05c0.01 ± 0.00c
570.38 ± 0.00bc1.62 ± 0.08b0.48 ± 0.05c0.05 ± 0.02c
1076.75 ± 0.12ab1.28 ± 0.05b0.35 ± 0.04c0.04 ± 0.03c
1588.85 ± 0.17a0.13 ± 0.10c0.07 ± 0.01c0.04 ± 0.01c
Probability<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
CV (%)14.217.517.906.02

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%.