Research Article

The Essential Oils Compounds of Lippia multiflora Moldenke and Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng Repel and Affect the Survival of the Maize Pest Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae

Table 6

Rate of Spodoptera frugiperda pupal emergence after feeding maize leaves treated with essential oils of Lippia multiflora, Cymbopogon. schoenanthus, and their combinations.

TreatmentRate of pupae formed
L. multifloraC. schoenanthusLm + Cs (3/4 : 1/4)Lm + Cs (1/4 : 3/4)Lm + Cs (1 : 1)

Absolute ethanol80.00 ± 13.33a80.00 ± 13.33a80.00 ± 13.33a80.00 ± 13.33a80.00 ± 13.33a

1%40.00 ± 16.33b70.00 ± 15.28a70.00 ± 15.28a50.00 ± 16.67ab70.00 ± 15.28a

1.4%0.00 ± 0.00b30.00 ± 15.28ab10.00 ± 10.00b30.00 ± 13.33bc0.00 ± 0.00b

1.6%0.00 ± 0.00b30.00 ± 15.28ab30.00 ± 15.28b20.00 ± 15.28bc30.00 ± 15.28b

1.8%0.00 ± 0.00b30.00 ± 15.28ab10.00 ± 10.00b0.00 ± 0.00c0.00 ± 0.00b

2.2%20.00 ± 13.33b0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00b0.00 ± 0.00c20.00 ± 13.33b

Probabilities = 28.217
df = 5
 = 18.028
df = 5
 = 25.37
df = 5
 = 22.476
df = 5
 = 26.255
df = 5

LC: lethal concentration, CI: confident interval, Lm: Lippia multiflora; Cs: Cymbopogon schoenanthus; Lm + Cs (1 : 1): combination of Lm and Cs at 1 : 1 ratio; Lm + Cs (1/4 : 3/4): combination of Lm and Cs at the ratio 1/4 : 3/4, respectively; Lm + Cs (3/4 : 1/4): combination of Lm and Cs at the ratio 3/4 : 1/4, respectively. Means ± standard errors having the same superscript lowercase letters in the same column are not significantly different (linear ANOVA and Kruskal–Wallis test, α = 0.05).