Repellent Activities of Essential Oils of Some Plants Used Traditionally to Control the Brown Ear Tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
Figure 1
The repellent effect of essential oils of eight plants at doses of 0.1 mg and 50 mg (neat oil) against newly emerged Rhipicephalus appendiculatus adults. Plant species 1 is Tagetes minuta, 2 is Tithonia diversifolia, 3 is Hoslundia opposita, 4 is Solanecio mannii, 5 is Lantana camara, 6 is Juniperus procera, 7 is Senna didymobotrya and 8 is Securidaca longepedunculata. For a given repellent dose, means capped by the same alphabetical letters are not significantly different at (Student-Newman-Keuls test).
