Insecticidal effect of essential oil of Origanum acutidens against several stored product pests

Çağlar Ö., Çalmaşur O., Aslan I., Kaya O.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.16, ss.1395-1400, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1395-1400
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: essential oil, insecticidal activity, Ephestia kuehniella, Lasioderma serricorne, Sitophilus granaries, TETRANYCHUS-URTICAE KOCH, SITOPHILUS-GRANARIUS L., PLANT ESSENTIAL OILS, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, TOXICITY, INSECTS, VAPORS, ANTIOXIDANT, REPELLENCY, EXTRACTS
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Essential oil vapours from the plant species Origanum acutidens L. (Lamiaceae) were tested for their toxicities against the adults of Lasioderma serricorne F. (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) and Sitophilus granarius L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and third instar larvae of Ephestia kuehniella Zell. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The amounts of essential oil applied were 2, 4, 6 and 8 mu l in each of the desiccators with 4 L capacity, corresponding to 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 mu l/L air. The test essential oil achieved 100% mortality with a dose of 2 mu l/L air within 96 h in all life stages tested. In general, mortality increased with the doses of essential oil and exposure periods. Although the essential oil of O. acutidens was found to be effective against all test insect species, E. kuehniella, in general, was more sensitive against the oil than both S. granarius and L serricorne in all dose and exposure time variants. The results of the study suggest that essential oil from this plant has a potential as control agent against E. kuehniella, L. serricorne and S. granarius under storage conditions.