Table 3.

Acaricidal activity of selected essential oils against Tetranychus urticae adult females at 0.1% concentration 24 h after treatment (Mean ± SD)

Treatment	Corrected mortality (%)	Total no. of eggs	No. of eggs per live adult
Sandalwood	87.0 ± 3.2 aª	33.3 ± 15.0 b	9.7 ± 2.8 a
Common thyme	4.5 ± 5.3 b	228.0 ± 62.5 ab	10.8 ± 1.0 a
EtOH + Triton-X + Water	0.0 ± 0.0 b	242.7 ± 76.0 a	8.6 ± 2.4 a
Control	0.0 b	311.3 ± 68.2 a	10.6 ± 2.1 a
Statistics at df = 3, 8	F = 109.62	F = 11.74	F = 0.61
	P ≤ 0.0001	P = 0.0027	P = 0.6249

^aValues followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at P = 0.05 (Tukey’s HSD test)