Table 3.

Oviposition activities (mean ± SE) elicited by citrus extract and mixtures of oviposition stimulants

Dilution ratio
Stimulants1.00.10.010.001
Citrus extract97.5 ± 2.5a97.5 ± 1.7a54.2 ± 4.2c9.4 ± 6.0d
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 595.1 ± 3.0a52.0 ± 5.9c,e21.5 ± 8.3d,e
1 + 2 + 3 + 486.7 ± 3.9a,b45.5 ± 8.8c,e14.8 ± 5.3d,e
1 + 2 + 461.9 ± 7.2c15.3 ± 5.2d,e6.5 ± 3.6d
1 + 3 + 462.0 ± 7.9c30.5 ± 3.7d,e6.5 ± 3.6d
2 + 3 + 4 + 577.4 ± 4.0b
1 + 4 + 554.6 ± 4.5c
1 + 447.6 ± 3.0c,e
1 + 539.4 ± 3.5c,e
2 + 4 + 513.9 ± 3.1d
3 + 4 + 512.1 ± 3.4d
  • a,b,c,d,eDifferent letters (a–e) indicate significant differences among all results by Tukey–Kramer test (p < 0.05).

  • 1, Synephrine; 2, stachydrine; 3, 5-hydroxy-Nω-methyltryptamine; 4, chiro-inositol, 5, narirutin. “–” indicates no data. Each value represents the mean ± SE of oviposition activity (n = 3–20).