Why we use different control oils for different insecticide classes for bioassays?

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Robert Adolf Brinzer

Technically you should use the solvent that the insecticide is dissolved in as the control.

Rafi ur Rahman

I agree with Robert, we generally use the same solvent as control in which we dissolve our insecticide formulation. Make sure to use the same, as it may create a lot of bias in your analysis

Hania Ramzan

Robert Adolf Brinzer and Rafi ur Rahman thank you for your help.