Effect of Malathion on Reproductive Parameters of Engorged Female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Ticks of Punjab Districts, India

Table 1

Slope, , and values of reproductive parameters of different isolates of R. (B.) microplus upon AIT with malathion.

Tick isolates	Variables	Slope ± SE		value
Amritsar	EMW	−27.74 ± 4.02	0.94	0.0063
	RI	−0.24 ± 0.03	0.93	0.0074
	IO%	40.20 ± 6.19	0.93	0.0074
Barnala	EMW	−27.42 ± 5.38	0.89	0.0146
	RI	−0.17 ± 0.03	0.89	0.0153
	IO%	31.63 ± 6.31	0.89	0.0153
Bathinda	EMW	−33.02 ± 7.38	0.86	0.0209
	RI	−0.3375 ± 0.07	0.86	0.0222
	IO%	68.18 ± 15.63	0.86	0.0223
Faridkot	EMW	−23.91 ± 5.32	0.87	0.0205
	RI	−0.24 ± 0.053	0.87	0.0199
	IO%	40.91 ± 8.99	0.87	0.0199
Fatehgarh Sahib	EMW	−39.07 ± 6.10	0.93	0.0077
	RI	−0.37 ± 0.06	0.92	0.0088
	IO%	80.00 ± 13.10	0.92	0.0088
Ferozepur	EMW	−15.33 ± 2.53	0.92	0.0091
	RI	−0.16 ± 0.028	0.91	0.0110
	IO%	34.81 ± 6.15	0.91	0.0109
Gurdaspur	EMW	−21.90 ± 10.64	0.58	0.1317
	RI	−0.2336 ± 0.07	0.78	0.0453
	IO%	46.26 ± 13.98	0.78	0.0454
Hoshiarpur	EMW	−37.39 ± 6.69	0.91	0.0113
	RI	−0.2951 ± 0.07	0.84	0.0272
	IO%	65.02 ± 14.31	0.87	0.0200
Jalandhar	EMW	−55.50 ± 7.87	0.94	0.0059
	RI	−0.44 ± 0.06	0.93	0.0065
	IO%	73.37 ± 10.79	0.93	0.0065
Kapurthala	EMW	−22.42 ± 3.90	0.91	0.0105
	RI	−0.23 ± 0.03	0.92	0.0091
	IO%	47.92 ± 7.92	0.92	0.0091
Ludhiana	EMW	−14.31 ± 4.88	0.74	0.0109
	RI	−0.12 ± 0.03	0.81	0.0368
	IO%	22.11 ± 6.13	0.81	0.0367
Mansa	EMW	−0.03 ± 0.01	0.79	0.0417
	RI	−0.20 ± 0.06	0.79	0.0410
	IO%	0.34 ± 0.10	0.79	0.0411
Moga	EMW	−29.56 ± 2.09	0.98	0.0008
	RI	−0.26 ± 0.01	0.98	0.0006
	IO%	49.11 ± 3.27	0.98	0.0006
Muktsar	EMW	−26.55 ± 4.21	0.93	0.0081
	RI	−0.28 ± 0.05	0.89	0.0148
	IO%	51.42 ± 10.15	0.89	0.0148
Pathankot	EMW	−27.03 ± 4.728	0.91	0.0106
	RI	−0.2924 ± 0.05	0.91	0.0114
	IO%	52.78 ± 9.45	0.91	0.0114
Patiala	EMW	−40.03 ± 11.86	0.79	0.0432
	RI	−0.37 ± 0.11	0.79	0.0431
	IO%	82.31 ± 24.36	0.79	0.0431
Rupnagar	EMW	−17.59 ± 2.56	0.94	0.0063
	RI	−0.18 ± 0.02	0.96	0.0037
	IO%	37.63 ± 4.55	0.96	0.0037
Sangrur	EMW	−39.36 ± 12.04	0.78	0.0468
	RI	−0.32 ± 0.10	0.77	0.0500
	IO%	0.55 ± 0.17	0.77	0.0500
SBS Nagar	EMW	−18.58 ± 4.35	0.85	0.0236
	RI	−0.21 ± 0.03	0.92	0.0093
	IO%	50.28 ± 8.37	0.92	0.0093

EMW: egg mass weight; RI: reproductive index; %IO: percentage inhibition of oviposition.