Insecticidal Activity of Some Traditionally Used Ethiopian Medicinal Plants against Sheep Ked Melophagus ovinus

Table 2

The corrected mortalities of M. ovinus sheep keds exposed to different concentrations of aqueous extracts of C. aurea leaves, X. caffra fruits, and J. curcas fruits.

Dose (mg/mL)	Corrected mortality rate (%)
	C. aurea		X. caffra		J. curcas
	3 h PI	24 h PI	3 h PI	24 h PI	3 h PI	24 h PI
6.24	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^a	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^c	0.0±0.0^e
12.5	13.3±0.6^cd	16.7±0.6^d	10.0±0.0^cd	10.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^c	6.7±0.6^e
25	13.3±0.6^cd	23.3±0.6^d	20.0±1.0^bc	23.3±0.6^c	6.7±0.6^bc	13.3±0.6^de
50	26.7±0.6^c	27.8±1.0^d	26.7±0.6^b	30.0±0.0^c	16.7±1.0^bc	23.3±0.6^cd
100	53.3±0.6^b	63.3±0.6^c	33.3±0.6^b	50.0±1.0^b	23.3±1.0^b	33.3±0.6^c
200	73.3±0.6^a	80.0±0.0^b	60.0±0.0^a	60.0±0.0^b	56.7±0.6^a	66.3±0.6^b
Control^+	73.3±0.6^a	100.0±0.0^a	73.3±0.6^a	100.0±0.0^a	73.3±0.6^a	100.0±0.0^a

+Ivermectin (10 𝜇g/mL); PI: postincubation; values are expressed as mean ± SD. Mean values with different letters in the same column are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).