Effectiveness of basil chalk, black pepper chalk, and wood vinegar chalk as ant repellents.
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This experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness of basil chalk, black pepper chalk, and wood vinegar chalk as ant repellents. There were five phases of research consisting of : 1) preparing and extracting basil, black pepper, and wood vinegar, 2) producing chalks; 3) testing the effectiveness of the ant repellent chalks developed in a laboratory; chemical components by gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. Effectiveness of ant repellents were compared by One-way ANOVA, Two-way ANOVA and Fisher LSD.
Results showed that the effectiveness of black pepper, wood vinegar, and basil at concentration of 70% could repel 98.33, 99.33, and 94.50% of the ants, respectively. Black pepper chalk, basil chalk, and wood vinegar chalk could repel the ants in a house for 360, 180, 60 minutes, respectively. The most common compound found in basil chalk and wood vinegar chalk were acetic acid at concentration of 41.26% and 66.75%, respectively whereas the most common compound in black pepper chalk was caryophyllene 24.67%.
In conclusion, these results demonstrated that basil chalk, black pepper chalk, and wood vinegar chalk were moderate effective to repel the ants, and a limitation was that they were not lasting for long time. For further study, other active compounds should be added extend the time of action and increase effectiveness of the ant repellents.
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