Table 1.
Larvicidal activity of Aedes aegypti using Azolla pinnata powdered form and fresh plant.
| Time | Treatment |
LC
50
(ppm) with 95% confidence interval |
LC
90
(ppm)
with 95% confidence interval |
Regression equation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 hours | Powdered Azolla pinnata | 1262.794 (1030.588-1928.775) |
1853.238 (1030.588-1928.775) |
Y= 7.692X – 23.857 |
| Fresh Azolla pinnata |
192517.205 (111397.462-478710.318) |
2521535.166 (855514.813-19888028.270) |
Y= 1.147X – 6.062 |
LC50, lethal concentration required to kill 50% of the population exposed; LC90, lethal concentration required to kill 95% of the population exposed and ppm, parts per million.