approached significanceP = 0.0588
All statistical analyses were conducted using SAS (SAS Institute 1999 ) Results Acaricidal activity of essential oils Mortality due to treatment with 34 essential oils and the number of eggs laid by the females treated with those oils did not differ significantly ( P < 0.05) from the control (2.9%), although it approached significance ( P = 0.0588) (Table 2 ).