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Table 1 Larvicidal effect of different disinfectant soap dosages on Anopheles gambiae s.s in laboratory and semi field conditions for treatment and control

From: Larvicidal effect of disinfectant soap on Anopheles gambiae s.s (Diptera: Culicidae) in laboratory and semifield environs

Experiments

Dosage (%)

Treatment

Control

Χ2(P-value)

  

% Mortality (Mean ± SE)

% Mortality (Mean ± SE)

 

Laboratory

0.0001

3.1 ± 3.1

3.8 ± 2.4

173.36 (<0.001)

0.001

10.6 ± 7.9

2.5 ± 2.5

5.36 (0.021)

0.01

13.8 ± 9.4

5.0 ± 2.9

4.55 (0.033)

0.1

57.7 ± 2.4

2.5 ± 1.4

72.41 (<0.001)

1

93.3 ± 6.7

7.5 ± 2.5

147.42 (<0.001)

Semi-field

0.0001

0.00 ± 0.00

6.3 ± 1.3

NC

 

0.001

0.00 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

NC

 

0.01

0.6 ± 0.4

2.5 ± 1.4

NC

 

0.1

83.3 ± 11.8

7.5 ± 2.5

115.89 (<0.001)

 

1

97.3 ± 2.7

11.3 ± 3.8

136.14 (<0.001)

  1. Note: NC-Not calculable; Each mean is the mean of six replicates of 20 larvae each.