Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue: 3

Acute toxicity and repellency of different mixtures of Tithonia diversifolia and Xylopia aethiopica against Nasutitermes species

  • Author:
  • S.A. Babarinde, O.A. George
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 229 to 232

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B, 4000, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author's: E-mail: samdelani@yahoo.com

Abstract

Toxicity and repellency properties of different mixtures of Xylopia aethiopica and Tithonia diversifolia against Nasutitermes were assayed by taking three combinations (100% X. aethiopica (T1), 50% X. aethiopica + 50% T. diversifolia (T2) and 100% T. diversifolia (T3) and control (T0). After 24 hour fermentation of plant materials, T3 consistently caused significantly lowest percentage mortality at 1–24 hour after treatment (HAT). T1 was not significantly different from T2 in mortatiy at 1, 6 and 24 HAT which ranged from 11.07–45.53%. T1 caused the highest percentage repellency (66.67).