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Table 1 Percentage of mosquitoes responding to 18 individual compounds on their optimal doses

From: Behavioural response of female Culex pipiens pallens to common host plant volatiles and synthetic blends

Compound (dose, ug/mL)

Percentage of mosquitoes responding to compound (Mean ± SE)

Percentage of mosquitoes responding to solvent (Mean ± SE)

Preference index (Mean ± SE)

P-value

(E)-β-Ocimene (1)

74.00 ± 3.40

23.00 ± 3.30

52.73 ± 7.10

<0.01

α-Pinene (0.5)

57.00 ± 2.60

33.00 ± 3.50

23.66 ± 6.63

<0.05

β-Pinene (0.75)

55.00 ± 3.73

38.00 ± 3.89

18.44 ± 7.80

>0.05

D-Limonene (0.25)

60.00 ± 3.33

35.00 ± 4.01

26.89 ± 7.67

<0.05

Linalool (0.75)

68.00 ± 2.91

29.00 ± 2.77

40.22 ± 5.51

<0.05

Linalool oxide (0.5)

60.33 ± 3.33

37.00 ± 3.00

23.56 ± 6.15

<0.05

Benzaldehyde (1.5)

69.00 ± 2.77

27.00 ± 2.13

43.61 ± 4.45

<0.01

Phenyl acetaldehyde (0.5)

64.00 ± 2.67

35.00 ± 2.69

38.56 ± 4.29

<0.01

Benzyl alcohol (1)

62.00 ± 4.90

33.00 ± 4.58

37.11 ± 9.40

<0.05

Phenylethyl alcohol (0.75)

71.00 ± 4.33

26.00 ± 3.71

46.00 ± 7.86

<0.01

Methyl salicylate (1.25)

61.00 ± 2.77

35.00 ± 3.42

38.00 ± 8.62

<0.05

Acetophenone (0.25)

56.00 ± 2.67

41.00 ± 2.77

15.56 ± 5.50

>0.05

Hexanol (1)

65.00 ± 2.24

29.00 ± 2.33

40.00 ± 7.42

<0.01

(Z)-3-Hexen-1-ol (0.5)

62.00 ± 3.27

26.00 ± 2.67

40.72 ± 6.02

<0.01

(Z)-3-Hexenyl acetate (1)

59.00 ± 2.77

37.00 ± 2.60

22.89 ± 5.20

<0.05

Hexanal (0.75)

61.00 ± 2.33

37.00 ± 2.13

24.44 ± 4.29

<0.05

(E)-2-Hexenal (1)

65.00 ± 3.42

29.00 ± 3.48

38.44 ± 7.01

<0.01

Nonanal (0.5)

54.00 ± 2.21

40.00 ± 2.98

15.39 ± 5.08

>0.05

  1. The trials for each dose of each compound were replicated 10 times, and the percentage of mosquitoes responding to the compounds and their pairwise control were calculated and compared by χ2 test (observed vs. expected)