Effect of Malathion on Reproductive Parameters of Engorged Female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Ticks of Punjab Districts, India

Table 2

Effect of malathion on egg mass weight of different isolates of R. (B.) microplus.

Isolate	Average egg mass weight (mg)
	Malathion concentration (ppm)					Control (DW)
	1250	2500	5000	10000	20000
Amritsar	29.7	24.2	15.0	0.0	0.0	69.9
Barnala	55.9	39.2	37.3	22.3	23.0	84.2
Bathinda	46.8	31.0	28.5	25.0	0.0	52.8
Faridkot	27.2	17.6	3.5	0.0	0.0	51.6
Fatehgarh Sahib	41.0	35.7	17.5	0.0	0.0	55.2
Ferozepur	27.8	27.3	17.0	14.7	11.0	49.6
Gurdaspur	35.0	26.0	26.4	20.0	0.0	50.1
Hoshiarpur	35.0	27.0	28.5	16.3	0.0	50.1
Jalandhar	68.1	53.2	22.0	22.0	0.0	77.9
Kapurthala	26.8	14.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	47.6
Ludhiana	20.8	16.6	15.5	15.0	0.0	76.9
Mansa	65.3	30.8	37.3	18.5	15.0	99.6
Moga	50.8	41.2	33.1	20.8	16.5	65.1
Muktsar	45.5	29.0	23.5	16.0	12.0	56.5
Pathankot	37.4	21.5	17.1	15.0	0.0	56.5
Patiala	43.3	34.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	46.6
Rupnagar	29.3	27.9	17.0	13.5	10.0	50.4
Sangrur	60.9	30.8	13.33	14.0	10.0	72.4
SBS Nagar	29.4	29.0	14.1	11.7	10.0	42.0