Fumigant toxicity of three plant essential oils on the adults of Callosobruchus maculates (Col: Bruchidae) in vitro

Subject Areas : New Finding in Agriculture

M. Gavadi Elmi ¹ (M. Sc. Student, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran)
J. Shakarami ² (Assist Professor, Lorestan University, Iran)
A. R. Bandani ³ (Associate Professor, Tehran University, Iran)

Received: 2015-12-04 Accepted : 2015-12-04 Published : 2007-10-23

Keywords: Essential Oil, Callosobruchus maculates, fumigation,

Abstract :

 In search of alternatives agents  for conventional pesticides,the fumigat activity of essential oils from Artemisia haussknechtii,Mentha longifoliaandThymus daenensis were tested against adults of Callosobruchus maculatus. The experiment was conducted using a completely randomized design of factorial experiment. The essential oils were prepared by water distillation method. Experiment was carried out at 30 ± 2 ˚C and 60 ± 5% R. H. under dark condition. At a concentration of 18.518 µl/l  essential oils of A. haussknechtii,M. longifoliaandT. daenensis  caused 100, 100 and 92% mortality of adults, respectively. LC50 values of essential oil of  A. haussknechtii,M. longifoliaandT. daenensis were found to be 1.204, 3.624 and 4.754 µl/l, respectively. It was found that plant essential oils could be used as a safe pesticide or model for new synthetic pesticides to control of storage pest.

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