Title : ( Vapor activity of essential oils extracted from fruit peels of two Citrus species against adults of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) )
Authors: Gholamhossein Moravvej , Mohammad Hassanzadeh-Khayyat , Salehe Abbar ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
The present study investigated the effects of volatile fractions of Citrus limon and C. reticulata peel essential oils on the cowpea adult bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.). The oils were extracted from the fruit peels using water steam distillation. The results indicated that the citrus oils had high fumigant activity against adult beetles. The mortality of 1-2 day-old adults increased with increasing oil concentration or exposure time. The oil of C. reticulata was significantly more toxic than that of C. limon based on both 24 h LC50 (33 and 45 µl L-1, respectively) and 24 h LC90 (75 and 99 µl L-1, respectively) estimates. The results suggested that citrus peel oils can be used as potential control measure against cowpea beetles.
Keywords
, Citrus reticulata, C. limon, Cowpea seed beetle, Botanical insecticides, Fumigant activity@article{paperid:1017390,
author = {Moravvej, Gholamhossein and Mohammad Hassanzadeh-Khayyat and Abbar, Salehe},
title = {Vapor activity of essential oils extracted from fruit peels of two Citrus species against adults of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)},
journal = {Turkish Journal of Entomology},
year = {2010},
volume = {34},
number = {3},
month = {September},
issn = {1010-6960},
pages = {279--288},
numpages = {9},
keywords = {Citrus reticulata; C. limon; Cowpea seed beetle; Botanical insecticides; Fumigant activity},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Vapor activity of essential oils extracted from fruit peels of two Citrus species against adults of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
%A Moravvej, Gholamhossein
%A Mohammad Hassanzadeh-Khayyat
%A Abbar, Salehe
%J Turkish Journal of Entomology
%@ 1010-6960
%D 2010