The Use of Granular Cyclopentanone as Alternative to Artificial Source of Carbon Dioxide in Improved Passive Outdoor Host Seeking Device (POHD)

Table 2

Potentiating/enhancing effects of cyclopentanone and carbon dioxide on attractiveness of synthetic blends baited POHD against An. arabiensis.

Blend types	Combination of treatments of POHD	Average number of dead mosquitoes	Individual treatments of POHD	Average number of dead mosquitoes	values
Mbita blend (Mb)	CyMb	70.67	Mb	21.33
			Cy	44.67
	MbCO	57.33	Mb	21.33
			CO	39.33
Ifakara blend (Ib)	CyIb	51.67	Ib	22.67
			Cy	49.33
	IbCO	40.67	Ib	22.67
			CO	39.00

The potentiating effect is indicated by the average number of dead mosquitoes in a column of combined effects of synthetic blend and either cyclopentanone or carbon dioxide that is greater than the average number of dead mosquitoes in column of individual effects of synthetic blend. The treatments are abbreviated as follows: CyMb: Mbita blend combined with cyclopentanone, Cy: cyclopentanone alone, CO₂: carbon dioxide alone, Mb: Mbita blend alone, Ib: Ifakara blend alone, MbCO: Mbita blend combined with CO₂, IbCO: Ifakara blend combined with CO₂, CyIb: Ifakara blend combined with cyclopentanone.