Skip to main content

Table 2 Survival of mosquitoes exposed to PET traps with fungus impregnated black cloths when associated with attractive lures in test rooms over a 5-day period

From: Improving the delivery and efficiency of fungus-impregnated cloths for control of adult Aedes aegypti using a synthetic attractive lure

Treatment

Survival (mean % ± SD)

M. anisopliae

B. bassiana

Black cloth + fungus + lure

32.6 ± 1.2 a

36.0 ± 2.1 a

Black cloth + fungus

48.0 ± 3.6 b

52.0 ± 4.0 b

Black cloth + lure

80.0 ± 2.1 c

83.0 ± 1.5 c

Black cloth only

82.0 ± 2.1 c

78.0 ± 2.3 c

  1. Results followed by different letters indicate significant differences between treatments when using Duncan’s post-hoc test (5% probability)