Table 5.
Means ± SD of % of egg conversion (PEC), hatching % (HP), and product effectiveness (PE) for engorged females of R. microplus treated with different concentrations of melianol (2), 3β-O-tigloylmeliantriol (4), meliantriol (5) and melianodiol (6).
| Compound | Concentration (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.015 | 0.0075 | 0.00375 | |||||||
| PEC | HP | PE | PEC | HP | PE | PEC | HP | PE | |
| 2 | 53.5 ± 3.7 | 95.5 ± 5.8 | 3.6 ± 1.4 | 51.4 ± 1.2 | 97.3 ± 1.8 | 5.5 ± 0.5 | 50.0 ± 1.5 | 100.0 ± 0.0 | 3.4 ± 2.9 |
| 4 | 52.5 ± 3.5 | 96.4 ± 3.2 | 12.5 ± 5.2 | 53.0 ± 1.7 | 97.7 ± 2.3 | 10.5 ± 1.1 | 55.0 ± 1.1 | 98.5 ± 2.6 | 6.3 ± 4.2 |
| 5 | 53.5 ± 4.4 | 95.7 ± 1.3 | 3.0 ± 0.1 | 52.4 ± 1.5 | 98.3 ± 2.9 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 53.5 ± 1.0 | 98.4 ± 1.6 | 1.17 ± 0.4 |
| 6 | 53.8 ± 1.6 | 96.7 ± 1.7 | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 52.5 ± 1.3 | 99.5 ± 0.8 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 53.2 ± 0.8 | 98.3 ± 2.9 | 0.97 ± 0.9 |
ANOVA; Tukey post-hoc comparison; Control: PEC = 55% ± 0.8%; HP = 98.3% ± 2.9%.