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. 2017 Feb 13;10:80. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2006-y

Table 3.

Oviposition deterrent effect of the Artemisia annua and Artemisia dracunculus essential oils (EOs) against Calliphora vomitoria. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error

EO (μl cm-2) No. of eggs laid ER (%)
A. annua 0 613.67 ± 58.21 a 0.00 ± 0.00 A
0.005 539.33 ± 399.70 ab 13.82 ± 28.27 A
0.025 180.00 ± 180.00 bc -69.31 ± 9.35 A
0.050 123.00 ± 123.00 c -78.80 ± 6.24 A
A. dracunculus 0 2344.67 ± 520.97 a 0.00 ± 0.00 A
0.005 2685.67 ± 540.93 a 17.51 ± 10.62 A
0.025 76.00 ± 76.00 b -96.77 ± 0.63 B
0.050 0.00 ± 0.00 b -100.00 ± 0.00 B

Note: Different lower case letters indicate significant differences in total no. of eggs laid among different doses of each EO (GLM, Tukey HSD, P ≤ 0.05). Different upper case letters indicate significant differences in ER between the same doses of each EO (Mann-Whitney U-test, P ≤ 0.05)

Abbreviation: ER (%) percent effective repellence