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. 2024 Feb 13;92(2):263–273. doi: 10.1007/s10493-023-00892-2

Table 2.

Repellent effect of Origanum minutiflorum and Dorystoechas hastata essential oils at various concentrations against Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. tick (%repellency ± Standard Error)

Time (h) Concentrations of Origanum minutiflorum essential oil Control
1% 0.5% 0.1% DEET15%
1

100 ± 0.0

aB

91.74 ± 4.18

aB

38.41 ± 15.81

aA

95.73 ± 2.24

aB

2

84.14 ± 3.14

abB

83.42 ± 3.49

abB

47.25 ± 5.29

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

3

89.7 ± 1.15

abB

84.4 ± 4.98

abB

54.59 ± 12.09

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

4

74.24 ± 4.11

bA

72.82 ± 5.09

abA

40.04 ± 13.98

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

5

77.41 ± 9.06

bA

69.04 ± 9.34

abA

73.02 ± 6.78

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

6

77.52 ± 6.38

bB

64.87 ± 5.25

bAB

43.56 ± 3.99

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

Time (h) Concentrations of Dorystoechas hastata essential oil Control
1% 0.5% 0.1% DEET15%
1

41.67 ± 18

aA

60.42 ± 14.07

aA

53.33 ± 10.08

aA

95.73 ± 2.24

aB

2

48.79 ± 17.54

aA

51.23 ± 8.71

aA

48.61 ± 5.82

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

3

43.01 ± 11.73

aA

58.61 ± 4.97

aA

30.26 ± 14.14

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

4

47.3 ± 13.4

aA

72.22 ± 2.62

aA

59.93 ± 10.09

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

5

65.79 ± 10.39

aA

72.24 ± 5.01

aA

44.26 ± 18.85

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

6

59.45 ± 7.11

aA

72.07 ± 2.96

aA

55.93 ± 8.67

aA

100 ± 0.0

aB

There is no statistical difference if the lower case letters in the same column are the same for each time period (p > 0.05)

There is no statistical difference if capital letters are the same on the same line for each concentration (p > 0.05)