Field experiments of Anopheles gambiae attraction to local fruits/seedpods and flowering plants in Mali to optimize strategies for malaria vector control in Africa using attractive toxic sugar bait methods

Müller, Günter C; Beier, John C; Traore, Sekou F; Toure, Mahamoudou B; Traore, Mohamed M; Bah, Sekou; Doumbia, Seydou; Schlein, Yosef

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-262

Table 1 Mean number of An. gambiae s.l. (± SE) females and males caught in seven replicates using fruits and seedpods of 26 plant species as attractants.

From: Field experiments of Anopheles gambiae attraction to local fruits/seedpods and flowering plants in Mali to optimize strategies for malaria vector control in Africa using attractive toxic sugar bait methods

	Females			Males
Plant species	Mean ± SE	P	Attraction index^a	Mean ± SE	P	Attraction index^a
P. guajava	14.00 ± 2.52	< 0.01	5.83	9.00 ± 2.16	< 0.01	5.63
C. melo	8.00 ± 1.60	< 0.01	3.33	5.57 ± 1.27	< 0.05	3.48
P. reticulatum	7.43 ± 1.71	< 0.05	3.10	5.71 ± 1.43	< 0.05	3.57
F. thonningii	6.29 ± 1.05	< 0.05	2.62	4.14 ± 1.12	< 0.05	2.59
D. mespipiformis	6.00 ± 1.62	NS	2.50	3.43 ± 0.78	NS	2.14
B. aegyptiaca	5.86 ± 1.48	NS	2.44	3.86 ± 0.98	NS	2.41
T. indica	5.71 ± 1.29	NS	2.38	4.00 ± 1.00	NS	2.5
S. officinarum	5.57 ± 0.81	< 0.05	2.33	3.71 ± 0.87	NS	2.32
A. albida	5.00 ± 0.97	NS	2.08	4.71 ± 1.54	< 0.05	2.94
Z. mauritiana	4.57 ± 0.91	NS	1.90	3.29 ± 0.56	NS	2.06
C. papaya	3.71 ± 0.90	NS	1.55	3.14 ± 0.72	NS	1.96
G. bicolor	3.29 ± 0.81	NS	1.37	2.14 ± 0.50	NS	0.86
C. colocynthis	3.14 ± 0.76	NS	1.31	2.00 ± 0.53	NS	1.25
A. macrostachya	3.00 ± 0.78	NS	1.25	1.86 ± 0.55	NS	1.16
A. sieberiana	3.00 ± 0.62	NS	1.25	1.43 ± 0.46	NS	0.89
A. comosus	2.86 ± 0.55	NS	1.19	1.57 ± 0.40	NS	0.98
P. dactylifera	2.86 ± 0.44	NS	1.19	1.43 ± 0.66	NS	0.89
A. nilotica	2.71 ± 1.07	NS	1.13	2.29 ± 0.45	NS	1.43
M. paeadisiaca	2.57 ± 1.13	NS	1.07	1.71 ± 0.66	NS	1.07
C. sinensis	2.57 ± 1.13	NS	1.07	1.29 ± 0.39	NS	0.81
S. vescum	2.57 ± 0.81	NS	1.07	1.14 ± 0.44	NS	0.71
M. acuminata	2.43 ± 0.62	NS	0.94	1.71 ± 0.56	NS	1.07
M. domestica	2.29 ± 0.70	NS	0.95	1.86 ± 0.76	NS	1.16
A. seyal	2.29 ± 0.77	NS	0.95	1.43 ± 0.52	NS	0.89
C. lanatus	2.14 ± 0.80	NS	0.89	1.57 ± 0.62	NS	0.98
C. aurantium	2.14 ± 0.50	NS	0.89	1.14 ± 0.50	NS	0.71
Control
water	2.40 ± 0.61	-	1.00	1.60 ± 0.52	-	1.00
sugar solution	2.75 ± 0.67	= 0.47	1.15	1.50 ± 0.55	= 0.84	0.94

^a Attraction index: mean baited/mean baited by water-soaked sponge (control)
NS-not significantly different from water-soaked sponge mean catch (t-test).

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