Table 5 Estimated median lethal concentrations (LC50) of the various EOs and formulations on T. absoluta larvae in the translaminar toxicity on larvae (TTL) and ingestion toxicity on larvae (ITL) bioassays.
Route of exposure | Essential oil | Formulation | LC50 (mg × mL−1) | 95% Fiducial limits | Slope ± SE | Intercept ± SE | χ2 (df = 23) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trasnlaminar (TTL) | Lemon | EO | 7.58a | 3.60–13.01 | 0.70 ± 0.192 | −0.62 ± 0.21 | 14.26 ns |
Lemon | EO-NP | 11.06ab | 8.02–15.62 | 1.19 ± 0.20 | −1.25 ± 0.22 | 24.63 ns | |
Mandarin | EO | 6.45a | 3.48–9.90 | 0,86 ± 0.19 | −0.69 ± 0.21 | 21.53 ns | |
Mandarin | EO-NP | 23.09b | 13.94–64.57 | 0.76 ± 0.19 | −1.03 ± 0.21 | 10.16 ns | |
Sweet Orange | EO | 5.77a | 4.19–7.46 | 1.53 ± 0.21 | −1.17 ± 0.21 | 20.27 ns | |
Sweet Orange | EO-NP | 14.68b | 11.18–20.48 | 1.11 ± 0.20 | −1.31 ± 0.22 | 19.43 ns | |
Ingestion (ITL) | Lemon | EO | 111.04c | 41.36–4,817 | 0.66 ± 0.20 | −1.36 ± 0.23 | 6.05 ns |
Lemon | EO-NP | 47.4c | 31.15–95.39 | 0.72 ± 0.20 | −1.21 ± 0.22 | 6.214 ns | |
Mandarin | EO | 3.79a | 2.01–5.55 | 0.77 ± 0.19 | −0.42 ± 0.20 | 13.97 ns | |
Mandarin | EO-NP | 0.99a | 0.05–2.82 | 0.57 ± 0.20 | 0.02 ± 0.21 | 21.31 ns | |
Sweet Orange | EO | 8.9b | 1.46–33.71 | 0.43 ± 0.18 | −0.41 ± 0.20 | 6.17 ns | |
Sweet Orange | EO-NP | 1.53a | 0.053–3.62 | 0.61 ± 0.19 | −0.11 ± 0.20 | 11.69 ns |
