Artemisia spp. essential oils against the disease-carrying blowfly Calliphora vomitoria

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Toxicity of Artemisia annua and Artemisia dracunculus essential oils (EOs) against adults of Calliphora vomitoria by contact and fumigation

EO	Method	LD₅₀ ^a/LC₅₀ ^b	95% CI	Slope ± SE	Intercept ± SE	χ ² (df)
A. annua	Contact	0.79	0.65–1.13	3.62 ± 0.84	0.38 ± 0.25	2.98 (2)
A. annua	Fumigation	88.09	75.07–107.94	10.65 ± 1.58	-20.71 ± 3.05	5.68 (3)
A. dracunculus	Contact	0.49	0.33–0.68	5.16 ± 0.81	1.62 ± 0.27	6.31 (3)
A. dracunculus	Fumigation	49.55	44.28–54.33	6.48 ± 0.82	-10.98 ± 1.45	3.07 (2)

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error
Note: Values in bold indicate P > 0.05)
^aDose of EO that kills 50% of the insects treated by direct contact
^bConcentration of EO that kills 50% of the insects treated by fumigation. Data were calculated by Probit regression analysis and expressed as μl insect^-1 for contact tests and as μl l^-1 air for fumigation tests

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