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Table 1 Percentages of activated and attracted N. neivai females to individual alcohols and mixture of three alcohols (n = 30 for each compound)

From: Attraction of the sand fly Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae) to chemical compounds in a wind tunnel

Compound

Activated (%)

Attracted (%)

Control

13 a

7 a

Propanol 10%

7 a

7 a

Propanol 50%

7 a

3 a

Propanol 100%

27 a

10 a

Control

13 a

7 a

Butanol 10%

27 a

10 a

Butanol 50%

30 a

13 a

Butanol 100%

43 a

30 a

Control

13 a

7 a

Pentanol 10%

40 ab

10 a

Pentanol 50%

70 bc

63 b

Pentanol 100%

80 c

67 b

Control

13 a

7 a

Hexanol 10%

30 a

17 a

Hexanol 50%

90 b

57 b

Hexanol100%

100 b

87 c

Control

13 a

7 a

Heptanol 5%

53 b

47 b

Heptanol 10%

83 b

43 b

Heptanol 50%

87bc

40 b

Heptanol 100%

77 b

33 a

Control

13 a

7 a

Octanol 5%

77 b

57 b

Octanol 10%

80 b

70 b

Octanol 50%

83 b

70 b

Octanol 100%

97 b

73 b

Control

13 a

7 a

Nonanol 5%

70 b

53 b

Nonanol 10%

87 b

43 b

Nonanol 50%

83 b

63 b

Nonanol 100%

70 b

47 b

Control

13 a

7 a

Decanol 10%

40 a

20 a

Decanol 50%

70 b

37 b

Decanol 100%

57 b

40 b

Control

13 a

7 a

Octenol 10%

13 a

10 a

Octenol 50%

73 b

47 b

Octenol 100%

80 b

80 bc

Mixture*

97

63

  1. For each compound, different letters within a column indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). Bold signs indicates values ≥ 70%; a cut off for responses based on octenol. *Mixture = heptanol, octanol and nonanol (1:1:1).