Table 1 Toxicity of deltamethrin in various field populations of Ommatissus lybicus under laboratory conditions.

From: Resistance to deltamethrin and fenitrothion in dubas bug, Ommatissus lybicus de Bergevin (Homoptera: Tropiduchidae) and possible biochemical mechanisms

Strain

n*

LD50**(95% CI***)

Slope (S.E)

χ2

df

P

RR**** (95% CI)

Falaj Al-Maragha

150

0.354 (0.296–0.383)

1.78 (0.17)

6.11

3

0.94

3.28 (2.68–3.91)+

Al-Hajir

150

0.466(0.409–0.516)

1.24 (0.15)

6.80

3

0.89

4.31 (3.56–5.15)+

Al-Wasil

150

0.348(0.302–0.401)

1.93 (0.17)

9.95

3

0.81

3.22 (2.77–3.86)+

Al-Kharma

150

0.502(0.442–0.578)

1.45 (0.16)

1.93

3

0.67

4.65 (4.19–5.35)+

Miss

150

0.508(0.457–0.589)

1.19(0.14)

9.67

3

0.54

4.70 (3.99–5.29)+

Ghiyazah

150

0.599 (0.527–0.684)

1.49(0.17)

9.79

3

0.56

5.54 (4.84–6.32)+

Al-Ghabbi

150

0.779 (0.708–0.881)

0.90(0.14)

0.18

3

0.69

7.21 (6.33–8.17)+

Al-Ruddah

150

0.790 (0.715–0.871)

0.99(0.14)

0.15

3

0.71

7.31 (6.85–8.02)+

Baa’d

150

0.881 (0.815–0.961)

1.36(0.15)

1.73

3

0.84

8.16 (7.20–9.41)+

Hail Al-Khanabisha

150

0.549 (0.481–0.603)

1.25 (0.14)

0.92

3

0.77

5.08 (4.24–6.06)+

Sint

150

0.398(0.320–0.471)

1.93 (0.17)

9.95

3

0.81

3.68 (2.77–4.66)+

Sayyah

150

0.502(0.412–0.608)

1.45 (0.19)

1.93

3

0.67

4.65 (3.89–5.45)+

Al-Hajar

150

0.408 (0.327–0.480)

1.19 (0.14)

9.67

3

0.54

3.78(3.19–4.69)+

Al-Waqba

150

0.399 (0.337–0.464)

1.49(0.17)

9.79

3

0.56

3.69 (3.04–4.22)+

Al-Mudhairib

150

0.679(0.608–0.781)

0.90 (0.14)

0.18

3

0.69

6.28 (5.33–7.37)+

DEL-SEL

150

0.795 (0.711–0.886)

1.50 (0.19)

0.85

3

0.42

7.36 (6.58–8.40)+

LAB-SUS (Ref. Strain)

150

0.108 (0.075–0.154)

0.99 (0.19)

0.70

3

0.68

1.0

  1. *n = number of test insects, **LD50 = median lethal concentration (ppm), ***CI = confidence intervals, ****RR = resistance ratio, and +  = significantly different from the LAB-SUS (Reference) strain (95% CIs of RR didn’t include 1).