Table 3.
Pecentage repellency (PR) after two exposure times for the essential oil against Tribolium castaneum (TC) and Lasioderma serricorne (LS) adults a.
| Insect | Treatment | 2 h/4 h | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78.63 * | 15.73 * | 3.15 * | 0.63 * | 0.13 * | ||
| TC | Crude oil | 84 ± 3a; 82 ± 5a | 92 ± 5a; 90 ± 4a | 84 ± 7a; 82 ± 10a | 74 ± 10a; 68 ± 5a | 72 ± 8a; 66 ± 7a |
| DEET | 100 ± 0a; 94 ± 6a | 96 ± 3a; 80 ± 10a | 74 ± 16a; 46 ± 17b | 66 ± 9a; −2 ± 20b | 18 ± 16b; −8 ± 22b | |
| LS | Crude oil | 86 ± 6a; 82 ± 3a | 68 ± 9a; 52 ± 8a | 18 ± 8a; 30 ± 10a | 6 ± 17a; 8 ± 12a | 8 ± 21a; −12 ± 20a |
| DEET | 88 ± 7a; 98 ± 4a | 76 ± 14a; 78 ± 9b | 28 ± 7a; 58 ± 16b | 20 ± 14b; 56 ± 14b | 16 ± 7a; 46 ± 7b | |
* Concentration (nL/cm2); a Means in the same column followed by the same letters do not differ significantly (p < 0.05) in ANOVA and Tukey’s tests. PR was subjected to an arcsine square-root transformation before ANOVA and Tukey’s tests.