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Table 2 Mean % larval mortality of Momordica foetida crude leaf solvent extracts at different rates against the late 3rd and early 4th instar Anopheles stephensi larvae after 24 h of exposure

From: Insecticidal effects of some selected plant extracts against Anopheles stephensi (Culicidae: Diptera)

Concentration(ppm)

% Mean mortality ± SE

Solvents

Aqueous

Methanol

25

27.5 ± 2.85Aa

4.55 ± 1.4Ab

50

80.83 ± 4.51Ba

20.83 ± 2.53Bb

100

95.00 ± 1.74Ca

45.83 ± 2.20Cb

150

97.92 ± 0.96Ca

71.67 ± 3.39Db

200

100.00 ± 0.00Ca

97.5 ± 2.50Ea

250

100.00 ± 0.00Ca

100.00 ± 0.00Ea

300

100.00 ± 0.00Ca

100.00 ± 0.00Ea

Temephos (0.25)

100.00 ± 0.00Ca

100.00 ± 0.00Ea

Control

0.00 ± 0.00Da

0.00 ± 0.00Fa

  1. *Each value of % mean mortality ± SE represents the value of twelve replicates
  2. *Means values followed by the same letters across column (Upper case) and row (Lower case) are not statistically significantly different (Multiple-Mann Whitney U-test; p-value > 0.003)