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Table 2 Dose response instar specific larvicidal bioassay using acetone extract of Casearia tomentosa on Culex quinquefasciatus

From: Casearia tomentosa fruit extracts exposed larvicidal activity and morphological alterations in Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus under in vitro and semi field conditions

Larval instars

Concentration (ppm)

Percent Mortality (Mean ± SE)

24 h

48 h

72 h

First

25

34.67 ± 0.88

53.33 ± 0.33

70.67 ± 0.33

50

54.67 ± 0.33

77.33 ± 0.33

85.33 ± 0.33

75

80.00 ± 0.58

93.33 ± 0.67

98.67 ± 0.33

100

100 0.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

125

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

Control

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

Second

25

33.33 ± 0.33

52.00 ± 0.58

70.67 ± 0.67

50

50.67 ± 0.33

65.33 ± 0.33

82.67 ± 0.33

75

66.67 ± 0.88

86.67 ± 0.33

97.33 ± 0.33

100

88.00 ± 0.58

98.67 ± 0.33

100.00 ± 0.00

125

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

Control

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

Third

25

28.00 ± 0.58

46.67 ± 0.88

62.67 ± 0.67

50

54.67 ± 0.33

66.67 ± 0.88

76.00 ± 0.58

75

70.67 ± 0.33

81.33 ± 0.67

93.33 ± 0.33

100

82.67 ± 0.88

94.67 ± 0.33

100.00 ± 0.00

125

97.33 ± 0.33

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

Control

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

Fourth

25

18.67 ± 0.33

36.00 ± 1.00

46.67 ± 0.88

50

49.33 ± 0.33

60.00 ± 0.58

72.00 ± 0.58

75

66.67 ± 0.33

76.00 ± 0.58

85.33 ± 0.33

100

86.67 ± 0.88

90.67 ± 0.67

98.67 ± 0.33

125

88.00 ± 0.58

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

Control

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00

00.00 ± 0.00