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Table 2 Mosquitoes mortality after exposition to bendiocarb treated substrates in the field according the time post-treatment

From: The residual life of bendiocarb on different substrates under laboratory and field conditions in Benin, Western Africa

    

Anopheles gambiae“Kisumu”

Local population of Anopheles gambiae

N weeks after treatment

1

5

9

13

17

1

5

9

13

17

Substrates and treatments

Red clay

Control

N tested

14

12

10

10

11

10

14

12

10

13

% mortality

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Treated

N tested

98

48

55

57

52

56

53

55

63

60

% mortality

100

37.5

5.45

5.26

1.92

100

7.55

27.3

3.17

3.33

Cement + red clay

Control

N tested

14

12

13

10

11

15

12

14

15

10

% mortality

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Treated

N tested

60

36

45

54

55

57

47

29

54

48

% mortality

100

22.2

2.22

3.7

1.82

100

10.6

13.8

1.85

0

Cement + sand

Control

N tested

10

15

12

10

13

10

10

12

14

15

% mortality

0

7

0

0

0

10

0

0

0

0

Treated

N tested

53

48

46

49

45

44

39

47

63

48

% mortality

100

100

30.4

26.5

17.8

100

100

70.2

23.8

18.8

Teak wood

Control

N tested

12

15

15

14

15

14

12

14

12

10

% mortality

0

7

0

0

0

0

8

0

0

0

Treated

N tested

40

57

52

60

58

59

60

54

55

65

% mortality

100

100

100

83.3

46.6

100

100

100

70.9

35.4