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Table 4 Number of Anopheles stephensi adults of Sonepat (NIMR strain) and GVD-Delhi (AND strain) attracted and killed towards ATSB formulation during ATSB cage bioassays

From: Laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of deltamethrin-laced attractive toxic sugar bait formulation on Anopheles stephensi

ATSB (guava juice-ASB + deltamethrin %)

% Mortality of Anopheles stephensi adults on the bait

Sonepat (NIMR strain)

GVD-Delhi (AND strain)

No. of mosquitoes died on the bait ± SEM

No. of mosquitoes died on the bait ± SEM

0.8

48.97 ± 0.00 a (97.96%)**

48.45 ± 0.00 a (96.91%)

0.4

38.74 ± 3.50 b (77.49%)

36.84 ± 2.00 b (73.68%)

0.2

32.98 ± 2.00 c (65.98%)

34.38 ± 1.00 b (68.75%)

0.1

23.43 ± 1.50 d (46.88%)

28.87 ± 1.00 c (57.73%)

0.05

18.04 ± 0.50 e (36.08%)

17.71 ± 3.00 d (35.42%)

0.025

16.23 ± 2.00 e (32.46%)

13.16 ± 1.50 d (26.32%)

0.0125

14.73 ± 1.00 e (29.47%)

8.38 ± 0.50 d (16.75%)

0.00625

10.93 ± 0.50 f (21.88%)

7.14 ± 1.00 e (14.29%)

0.003125

8.67 ± 1.50 g (17.35%)

3.61 ± 1.50 ef (7.22%)

0.0015625

2.55 ± 1.50 h (5.10%)

3.06 ± 1.00 f (6.12%)

  1. *Four replicates each with n = 50, 25 males and 25 females (24 h), total n = 200
  2. **% Mortality corrected using Abbott’s formula (1925); values in the table represent number of mosquitoes died; ATSBs with different letters (column-wise) are significantly different (p < 0.05) computed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s all pair wise multiple comparison test