Table 1.
Percent antifeedant activity of A. tagala extract against S. litura.
| Crude | Concentration (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | |
| Leaf extract | ||||
| Hexane | 20.95 ± 2.23c | 29.05 ± 3.39bc | 41.37 ± 3.13d | 49.86 ± 3.32d |
| Ethyl acetate | 26.48 ± 2.82d | 33.94 ± 4.29c | 47.48 ± 2.23e | 56.06 ± 3.83e |
| Root extract | ||||
| Hexane | 23.11 ± 2.62cd | 27.84 ± 3.93bc | 35.53 ± 2.71c | 42.02 ± 2.32c |
| Ethyl acetate | 16.33 ± 2.36b | 26.56 ± 3.49b | 28.45 ± 3.34b | 31.71 ± 3.24b |
| Control | 1.88 ± 0.65a | |||
Within the columns, means ± SD followed by the same letter do not differ significantly using Tukey ‘s test, P ⩽ 0.05.
a
No significance compared to control.
b
Significant compared to control.
c
Highly significant compared to control.
d
Very highly significant compared to control.