The effect of essential oils and powders of the three plant species Zattaria multiflora, Myrtus comminus and Heracleum persicum on rate of oviposition of potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella )Lep: Gelechiidae(

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

Z. Faraji ^{1 *} , M. H. Serailoo ² , L. Salehi ³

1 - College of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
2 - College of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
3 - Entomology unit of The University of Adelaide, Australia

Received: 2013-11-27 Accepted : 2014-06-07 Published : 2015-08-23

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Abstract :

Preventing the potato tuber moth from egg laying, an important pest of stored tubers is a safe method to reduce its economic damage. In this research, the effects of essential oils and powders of three plant species Zattaria mmultiflora, Myrtus comminus and Heracleum persicum were investigated on egg laying of potato tuber moth in presence and absence of host plant. The result showed that essential oils and powders of  three plants reduced significanly the rate of the pests oviposition. The essential oils of three plants had the higher oviposition deterrency than their powder. The plant species Z. multiflora had the most decreasein number of eggs than others. Over all, the results showed that the essential oils and powder of above three plants can be used management programs of potato tuber moth.