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
ATSB (guava juice-ASB + deltamethrin %) | % Mortality of Anopheles stephensi adults on the bait | |
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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%) |
*Four replicates each with n = 50, 25 males and 25 females (24 h), total n = 200
**% 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