Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Culex pipiens individual numbers under the effect of oils of Eucalyptus globulus and Ocimum basilicum for eight days

From: Secondary plant products against Culex pipiens (Linn.), with reference to some changes detected by scanning electron microscope

Treatment	Generation	Eggs	Alive larvae	Larval molting	Larval mortality
Control	1st	32.63 (261)	32.63 (200 ± 70.71)	25 (200 ± 2.46*)	7.63 (61 ± 2.46*)
Control	Loss%		2.338%
E. globulus	1st	19.67 (190)	0.125 (1 ± 0.92)	0.125 (1.00 ± 1.21**)	14.44 (189 ± 1.77*)
E. globulus	Loss%		99.47%
O. basilicum	1st	13.88 (111)	18.92 (21.0 ± 5.04)	18.92 (21.0 ± 0.58*)	81.08 (21.0 ± 4.59)
O. basilicum	Loss%		81.38%

Number of individuals of each stage between brackets ± SD of three replicates
*p value significant (< 0.05)
**p value significant (< 0.01)

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