Table 4 Data from the field trials of compound 3c{3,6} in BC and AB.

From: Effects of dialkoxybenzenes against Varroa destructor and identification of 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene as a promising acaricide candidate

Location

Experimental duration (2019)

Treatment

Alcohol washes (%)

Open brood (cm2)

Sealed brood (cm2)

Pollen (frame sides)

Honey (frame sides)

Brood cells with mites (%)

Day 0 (treatment application)

Day 28 (treatment removal)

Final Day (Apivar® removal)

Day 0

Day 28

Day 0

Day 28

Day 0

Day 0

Day 28

BC

Aug 7 –Oct 16

Control

1.6 ± 0.8

3.5 ± 2.1

1.7 ± 2.9

1379 ± 436

692 ± 539

2587 ± 317

1819 ± 290

0.7 ± 0.9

4.0 ± 0.8

18.7 ± 8.6

3c{3,6}

1.6 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 1.3*

0.5 ± 0.7

1308 ± 421

348 ± 396

3375 ± 338

1066 ± 341

0.2 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 1.6

3.7 ± 3.7***a

AB

Aug 27–Nov 6

Control

11.5 ± 9.9

19.9 ± 13.6

0.8 ± 0.7

1274 ± 150

247 ± 80

1683 ± 158

671 ± 158

1.6 ± 0.6

2.3 ± 0.8

39.2 ± 21.3b

3c{3,6}

11.6 ± 7.6

3.6 ± 2.5**

0.0 ± 0.0**

1235 ± 143

121 ± 58

1470 ± 171

427 ± 180

1.8 ± 0.4

2.5 ± 0.8

7.8 ± 5.6**c

  1. Means ± S.E. of 10 replicates, unless noted.
  2. Entries followed by * differed significantly between the 3c{3,6} treatment and control [*P < 0.05: **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; all comparisons by t-tests or Mann–Whitney U tests (pollen stores only)].
  3. an = 7; bn = 9; cn = 5.
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