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Table 1 Mean larval Lethal Dose (LD50 and LD90) ± SE of Phnom Penh population of Aedes aegypti with temephos, spinosad and Bti

From: Monitoring insecticide resistance of adult and larval Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Insecticides

USDA

Phnom Penh

LD50

LD90

LD50

RR50

LD90

RR90

Temephos (µg/L)

4.3 ± 0.2 (3.9–4.7), n = 809

8.2 ± 0.5 (7.2–9.2), n = 809

13.6 ± 0.7 (12.2–15.0), n = 798

3.1

17.9 ± 0.8 (16.3–19.5), n = 798

2.2

Spinosad (µg/L)

55.2 ± 2.4 (50.4–59.9), n = 746

72.3 ± 4.5 (63.4–81.1), n = 746

287.8 ± 29.7 (277.6–298.0), n = 750

5.2

401.2 ± 49.9 (303.3–499.1), n = 750

5.6

Bti (mg/L)

4.4 ± 0.1 (4.2–4.6), n = 807

4.9 ± 0.02 (4.8–5.0), n = 807

5.2 ± 0.4 2.8–7.6), n = 709

1.2

7.6 ± 0.6 (6.4–8.8), n = 709

1.6

  1. LD Lethal Dose, RR Resistant Ratio, SE Standard Error. Between brackets, the 95% Confidence Interval. N is the number of larvae used in the experiment