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. 2012 Sep 20;2012:305906. doi: 10.1155/2012/305906

Table 6.

Insecticidal activity of Geranium wallichianum rhizome crude extract and fractions.

Sample Number of lethality (%)
Tribolium castaneum Rhyzopertha dominica Callosbruchus analis
Crude extract 0.33 ± 0.57 3.3 ± 5.7 0 0 0 0
Chloroform 1.33 ± 0.57 13.3 ± 5.7 4.66 ± 0.57 46.6 ± 5.7 0 0
Ethyl acetate 0.66 ± 0.57 6.6 ± 5.7 6.66 ± 1.15 66.6 ± 11.5 6.6 ± 5.7 66.6 ± 0
n-butanol 0 0 0 0 0.66 ± 0.57 6.6 ± 5.7
Aqueous 0 0 1.33 ± 0.57 13.3 ± 5.7 0 0
Permethrin (standard) 10 ± 0 100 10 ± 0 100 10 ± 0.01 100
Saline 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. of observations (n) is 10 in each case.