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Table 4 Deterrence and feeding inhibition rates of Ocimum suave, Azadirachta indica, Eucalyptus globules and Lantana camara to An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefaciatus in village houses.

From: Longitudinal evaluation of Ocimum and other plants effects on the feeding behavioral response of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the field in Tanzania

Species

Character observed

OS

OK

AI

EG

LC

Deterrence comparisons

  

HS A1

HS B

HS A2

HS B

HS A3

HS B

HS A4

HS B

HS A5

HS B

 

An. arabiensis

Resting indoor

3

63

6

71

2

112

4

85

18

78

P = 0.09

 

Outdoors (WT + VT)

94

31

86

22

49

18

59

13

64

21

 
 

% Deterrence

75.2

79.6

73.1

81.9

75.3

 
 

Unfed

3

34

2

35

5

68

3

48

11

43

 
 

Fed

0

29

0

23

1

44

1

37

7

35

 
 

% Feeding inhibition

100

53.9

100

60.3

83.3

60.7

75

56.5

61.1

55.1

 

Cx. quinq

Resting indoor

2

21

3

33

10

21

2

11

2

7

P = 0.12

 

Outdoors (WT + VT)

26

17

31

23

19

11

15

9

19

9

 
 

% Deterrence

56.5

57.4

63.3

62.5

67.8

 
 

Unfed

2

5

2

7

8

6

4

3

2

2

 
 

Fed

0

16

0

13

2

14

4

8

0

6

 
 

% Feeding inhibition

100

23.8

100

35.0

80

30.0

50.0

27.3

100

25.0

 
  1. HS A1 to HS A4 = Houses in the village with two occupants in which plant materials were bunt.
  2. HS B1 to HS B4 = Houses in the village with two occupants which were used as Control houses.