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.
Oil treatments (1.5 µL/cm2)a | Minutes post application* | ||||
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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 |