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Published in final edited form as: Insect Sci. 2012 Nov 22;20(2):158–166. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01568.x

Table 1.

Toxicity of chitin synthesis inhibitors to third-instar mosquito larvae.

Treatment		% Mortality at 24 h (Mean ± SE)^†	% Mortality at 48 h (Mean ± SE) ^†
Chemical	Concentration (μg/L)	% Mortality at 24 h (Mean ± SE)^†	% Mortality at 48 h (Mean ± SE) ^†
Control	0	0.0 ± 0.00 d	0.0 ± 0.00 c
Diflubenzuron	6.25	2.5 ± 1.67 d	4.9 ± 2.25 c
	12.5	26.3 ± 8.29 c	27.5 ± 8.66 b
	25	41.3 ± 5.95 b	47.5 ± 8.66 a
	50	57.5 ± 2.89 a	60.0 ± 2.36 a
Nikkomycin Z	50	0.0 ± 0.00 d	0.0 ± 0.00 c
	500	1.5 ± 1.70 d	1.5 ± 1.70 c
Polyoxin D	50	0.0 ± 0.00 d	0.0 ± 0.00 c
	500	2.1 ± 1.41 d	2.1 ± 1.41 c

^†

Same letters indicate no significant difference within each column based on one-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s LSD (P ≥ 0.05).