Table 2 The percentages of repellencies of seven Ar. argyi essential oils and DEET against the four-day old An. sinensis adults during different exposed times.

From: Repellency and insecticidal activity of seven Mugwort (Artemisia argyi) essential oils against the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis

Oil treatments (1.5 µL/cm2)a

Minutes post application*

5 min

20 min

35 min

50 min

65 min

CQ

88.32 ± 3.19b

79.18 ± 1.63b

66.82 ± 3.20b

57.49 ± 5.85b

34.55 ± 5.02b

SC

72.53 ± 3.95e

61.41 ± 1.33c

42.81 ± 2.37d

27.44 ± 1.38d

14.78 ± 1.05c

YN

68.62 ± 2.93e

58.91 ± 1.15c

37.56 ± 0.67d

22.30 ± 1.58d

9.02 ± 2.33c

HB

80.09 ± 3.03c

74.98 ± 1.74b

57.97 ± 5.65c

40.04 ± 1.73c

28.94 ± 2.68b

HN

90.21 ± 3.62b

80.51 ± 2.02b

69.30 ± 4.40b

59.20 ± 2.51b

37.29 ± 2.34b

SD

91.90 ± 2.42b

81.48 ± 2.47b

71.67 ± 5.95b

61.31 ± 1.49b

39.43 ± 2.94b

GS

100 ± 0.00a

99.57 ± 0.97a

94.28 ± 3.21a

76.01 ± 1.06a

65.68 ± 3.26a

DEET (10%)

100 ± 0.00a

99.59 ± 0.91a

95.04 ± 3.21a

83.27 ± 3.69a

79.81 ± 4.28a

  1. *The repellent rates with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different at p < 0.05. The rates were determined with three replications. CQ, SC, YN, HB, HN, SD and GS: essential oils from Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Henan, Shandong and Gansu province/municipality, respectively.