Table 2.
Repellent effects of different pyrethrum sources on rust red-flour beetle T. castaneum
| Treatments | % Repellence recorded at different time intervals (mean* ± SE) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 h | 2 h | 3 h | 4 h | 8 h | 24 h | |
| Callus extract | 61.01 ± 11.10b | 76.27 ± 3.69a | 83 ± 3.00a | 86.20 ± 4.20a | 93.22 ± 3.36a | 93.38 ± 3.30a |
| Commercial pyrethrum extract (2%) | 48.56 ± 3.78a,b | 69.18 ± 9.54a | 82.49 ± 8.51a | 84.80 ± 3.80a | 89.00 ± 5.00a | 90.36 ± 1.24a |
| Pestanal standard | 45.78 ± 4.22a | 65 ± 5.00a | 78.59 ± 3.75a | 79.27 ± 5.91a | 84.23 ± 7.21a | 91.75± 2.75a |
The means followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at (P = 0.5) according to Tukey’s test
SE standard error
*Values are mean of two replications