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. 2022 Feb 17;13:842314. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.842314

TABLE 1.

Residual contact toxicity of thymol against adult females and males of Acanthoscelides obtectus.

Slope
(CI)		 LC30
(CI)		 LC50
(CI)		 LC99
(CI)		 χ2 p
Females 8.73 ± 0.79
(7.17, 10.28)		 85.8
(80.7, 89.7)		 98.4
(94.2, 102.3)		 181.8
(165.6, 207.0)		 3.84 0.279
Males 8.68 ± 0.80
(7.11, 10.25)		 55.2
(51.3, 58.5)		 66.0
(62.7, 69.0)		 108.9
(100.8, 120.9)		 1.02 0.795

LC – lethal thymol concentrations expressed in mg/kg of beans leading to 30, 50 and 99% beetle mortality (LC30, LC50, and LC99, respectively); CI – 95% confidence interval; χ2 and P – Pearson’s goodness-of-fit test (df = 3).