scholarly journals Insecticide Activity of Essential Oils ofMentha longifolia,Pulicaria gnaphalodesandAchillea wilhelmsiiAgainst Two Stored Product Pests, the Flour Beetle,Tribolium castaneum, and the Cowpea Weevil,Callosobruchus maculatus

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (73) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Khani ◽  
Javad Asghari
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 1174-1181
Author(s):  
Farnaz Shafaie ◽  
Shahram Aramideh ◽  
Oruj Valizadegan ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Safaralizadeh ◽  
Ali Hosseini-Gharalari

1970 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Mahfuz ◽  
M Khalequzzaman

Toxicity of five essential oils (EOs), viz. cardamom, cinnamon, clove, eucalyptus and neem oils were investigated against the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculates (Fab.) adults, through contact and fumigation bioassay. In the contact bioassay eucalyptus oil was found to be the most effective in inducing mortality both after 24 and 48 h of treatments. The toxicity of the oils followed in the order: eucalyptus > clove > cinnamon > cardamom > neem. In the fumigation bioassay, however, a reverse result was obtained with eucalyptus oil where it shows the last position for 24 h and fourth position for 48 h after treatments. The efficacy in respect of the toxicity followed in the order: clove > cinnamon > cardamom > neem > eucalyptus after 24 h after treatment, and clove > cinnamon > cardamom > eucalyptus > neem after 48 h after treatments. Keywords: Essential oil, bioassay, LD50, C. maculates Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 26, 2007. pp. 63-66


1970 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Mondal ◽  
M Khalequzzaman

Context: The essential oils are being tried as potential candidates for pest and disease management. Several essential oils of botanical origin have been reported for their repellant, toxic and developmental inhibitory activities. The ovicidal effect of essential oil is probably the major factor in the suppression of the development of adults from treated eggs.Objectives: To investigate the ovicidal effect of vapours of five essential oils viz., cardamom (Elletaria cardamomum L.), cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume), clove (Sygium aromaticum L. Merrill. et. Perry), Eucalyptus spp. and neem (Azadirectica indica A. juss) against the eggs of red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst).Materials and Methods: Ten eggs (24 h old) of T. castaneum were placed in each petridish with wheat flour as food medium and without flour medium and then the petridish were kept inside 650 ml jars with screwed lids. Aliquots of 0.5 ml of each dose of essential oils were applied on filter paper attached to the lower side of the lids. The exposure periods were 24, 48, 72 and 96 h, respectively. After treatment periods, petridishes were taken out of the jars and the final mortality counts were made after 11 days. Mortality data were subjected to probit analysis. Results: The oils had high-fumigant activity against eggs and toxicity progressively increased with increase in exposure time and concentration. At the highest concentration of 5.769 mg/l air and exposure period of 24 h, cinnamon oil achieved 100% mortality in flour and without flour media. The vapours of essential oils from cardamom and clove resulted in 100% mortality of the eggs. Neem oil achieved mortalities as high as 51.66 and 50% mortality at the highest concentration and exposure period in with-flour and without flour medium respectively. At a concentration of 5.769 mg/ l air cardamom oil, the LT90 values were 50.80 and 62.78 h for with-flour and without flour medium respectively.Conclusion: The essential oils of cinnamon and clove, proved to be promising as control agents against stored-product insects, especially T. castaneum.Key words: Essential oil; Fumigant toxicity; Ovicidal activity; Tribolium castaneumDOI: 10.3329/jbs.v17i0.7102J. bio-sci. 17: 57-62, 2009


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