Efficacy of bio-toxicant (derris elliptica) baits on two major fruit flies species (diptera: tephritidae) in Morogoro, Tanzania

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2017

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Sokoine University of Agriculture

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From this study we recommends that all solvent extract used in this study are potentially solvent extract for plant bio-toxicants especially dichoromethane, petroleum ether and methanol however water also do better but more study should be done on it and the selections should be based on the polarity and less harmful to human health and untargeted organisms.

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Fruit flies species, Derris elliptica, solvent extract, B. dorsalis, B. cucurbitae, Dose response, Lethal dose (LD50), Normal Soaking Extract (NSE), Morogoro, Tanzania

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