Table 5 Toxicity of Achyranthes aspera extract in combination with microbes against Culex quinquefasciatus.

From: Insecticidal and Genotoxic effects of some indigenous plant extracts in Culex quinquefasciatus Say Mosquitoes

Treatment

Observation

N

LC50 (ppm)

(Upper ± lower values)

Slope ± SE

X2 ± 

df

SE

P value

Bti

24

100

213.4507 (172.9759 ± 284.6938)

0.0038483 ± 0.0006629

11.840

3

25.789

0.00

48

100

145.8052 (113.6218 ± 194.4482)

0.0036579 ± 0.0006575

10.203

3

18.893

0.01

72

100

76.1231 (42.6566 ± 107.7533)

0.0036931 ± 0.0006723

7.694

3

15.507

0.05

Bti ± Z5

24

100

137.0498 (109.2724 ± 175.2752)

0.0042117 ± 0.0006644

16.361

3

15.810

0.00

48

100

49.6853 (27.9094 ± 68.5992)

0.0061320 ± 0.0007723

8.902

3

10.034

0.00

72

100

8.2924 (−7.7614 ± 18.9967)

0.014400 ± 0.002129

1.475

3

6.4015

0.00

Pseudomonas

24

100

LC50 > 250 ppm

0.0044863 ± 0.0008278

5.935

3

53.815

0.11

48

100

LC50 > 250 ppm

0.0034591 ± 0.0007267

5.432

3

61.388

0.14

72

100

226.9449 (187.1139 ± 294.4419)

0.0042459 ± 0.0006707

6.336

3

25.155

0.09

Pseudomonas + Bti

24

100

LC50 > 250 ppm

0.0044517 ± 0.0007379

7.302

3

39.260

0.06

48

100

LC50 > 250 ppm

0.0039967 ± 0.0006806

5.565

3

32.651

0.13

72

100

153.6023 (127.0986 ± 190.8331)

0.0047483 ± 0.0006711

7.794

3

15.399

0.05

Pseudomonas + Z5

24

100

LC50 > 250 ppm

0.0047247 ± 0.0007258

16.513

3

32.242

0.00

48

100

213.0870 (177.4763 ± 270.5488)

0.0044985 ± 0.0006722

11.693

3

22.067

0.03

72

100

111.5831 (90.7470 ± 135.9624)

0.0055370 ± 0.0006938

13.540

3

11.147

0.68

  1. *Achyranthes aspera (Z5), Psuedomonas, Bacillus thuringiens isisraeliensis (Bti).