Table 2 Predation efficiency of the Poecilia reticulata against III instar larvae of Anopheles stephensi.

From: Enhancing malaria control using Lagenaria siceraria and its mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles against the vector Anopheles stephensi and its parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Treatment

Number of consumed preys

Total predation (n)

Predation (%)

12 h

24 h

L. sicerariaextract

32.6 ± 1.4

36.1 ± 0.2

68.7

45.8

L. sicerariamediated ZnO NPs

42.5 ± 0.4

49.2 ± 0.7

91.7

61.13

Standard conditions

31.8 ± 1.0

34.2 ± 0.9

66

44.0

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